UK Stocks-Factors to watch on September 10
UK Stocks-Factors to watch on September 10 Sept 10 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening lower on Thursday, with futures FFIc1 down 0.1%.
* IG GROUP: Britain's IG Group IGG.L has told staff that a significant number of jobs would be cut as part of a reorganisation aimed at improving efficiency, Sky News reported.
* HOUSING: A slowdown in Britain's housing market appears to be levelling off as measures of buyer demand and agreed sales moved away from recent lows, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said.
* OIL: Oil prices held firm after Brent crude breached $100 a barrel, with traders bracing for deeper supply disruptions as Iran and the U.S. launched their largest attacks on shipping since their six-month-old conflict began.
* GOLD: Gold inched higher, helped by a softer dollar, while market participants awaited key U.S. inflation data that could shape the Federal Reserve's interest-rate path.
* METALS: Copper hovered near record levels, with scarce deliverable metal in markets outside the U.S. continuing to underpin prices, while oil breached $100-a-barrel and investors awaited U.S. inflation data.
* EX-DIVS: Prudential PRU.L, M&G MNG.L, and Lion Finance BGEO.L will trade without entitlement to their latest dividend pay-outs on Thursday.
* FTSE: London's FTSE indexes fell in a broad-based selloff as signs of an escalating conflict in the Middle East sent oil prices to above $100 a barrel, spurring worries about energy-related inflation.
* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Currys | CURY.L | Trading update |
Associated British Foods | ABF.L | Trading update |
Genus | GNS.L | FY Results |
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(Compiled by Neeshita Beura in Bengaluru)