UK Stocks-Factors to watch on April 2

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02/04/2019 06:47

April 2 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100  .FTSE  index is seen opening up 15
points on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers.     
    * OIL: Oil prices rose to fresh 2019 highs on Tuesday, supported by firm
Chinese economic data that eased demand concerns, the possibility of more
sanctions on Iran and further Venezuelan supply disruptions.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N21K0GX
    * GOLD: Gold prices slipped to a more than three-week low on Tuesday as
waning global economic slowdown concerns lifted the dollar and equity markets.
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    * BREXIT: Britain was no nearer to resolving the chaos surrounding its
departure from the European Union after parliament failed on Monday to find a
majority of its own for any alternative to Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce
deal.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N21J35B
    * G4S: Britain's government will from July 1 permanently take over the
running of Birmingham Prison from private operator G4S  GFS.L  after inmate
violence made the prison unmanageable.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N21J5BG
    * ACCOUNTING FIRMS: Britain's "Big Four" accounting firms should be broken
up to improve standards and transparency in book-keeping after audit failures at
construction company Carillion  CLLN.L  and retailer BHS, British lawmakers said
on Tuesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N21J4F6
    * NextDecade Corp  NEXT.O  signed a 20-year binding sales and purchase
agreement (SPA) with Royal Dutch Shell  RDSa.L  for the supply of two million
tonnes per annum of LNG from NextDecade's Rio Grande LNG export project in
Brownsville, Texas, with full destination flexibility.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N21K0V0
    * Russian steel magnate Alexey Mordashov has reached a definitive agreement
to buy a 41.9 percent stake, excluding treasury shares, in Russian food retailer
Lenta  LNTAq.L  from TPG Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (EBRD), his firm said on Tuesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N21J6UU
    * The UK blue chip index closed 0.5 percent higher on Monday, joining a
global rally sparked by data showing Chinese factory activity growth.
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    * UK CORPORATE DIARY:
 Belvoir Lettings PLC                  BLVB.L   FY results
 Trinity Exploration and Production    TRIN.L   FY Results
 Nucleus Financial Group               NUC.L    FY Results
 TP Group PLC                          TPG.L    FY Results
 Superdry PLC                          SDRY.L   Ordinary Shareholders Meeting
 ITE Group                             ITE.L    FY Results
 
        
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