UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Jan 23 (updated)

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23/01/2024 07:55

(Updates futures, adds news items)
       Jan 23 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index  .FTSE  is
expected to open higher on Tuesday, with futures  FFIc1  up
0.31%.
      
    * HIPGNOSIS SONGS: Struggling music investor Hipgnosis Songs
Fund  SONG.L  said on Tuesday its investment adviser, backed by
private equity firm Blackstone  BX.N , had refused to drop the
'call option' from their advisory agreement.
        * ESKEN: Esken  ESKN.L , the owner of London Southend
Airport, is facing 
    demands
     by a Carlyle  CG.O  fund to repay an outstanding
convertible loan four years before its maturity date, the group
said on Tuesday.
  
        * PREMIER FOODS: Britain's Premier Foods  PFD.L  
    reported
     a 14.4% jump in third-quarter sales.
  
        * ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS: Associated British Foods
 ABF.L  said underlying sales 
    growth
     slowed at its Primark clothing business in the Christmas
quarter.
  
        * BOOHOO: British online retailer Boohoo  BOOH.L  
    named
     former Betfair and Zoopla finance chief Stephen Morana as
its new chief financial officer.
  
        * CREST NICHOLSON: British housebuilder Crest Nicholson
 CRST.L  on Tuesday 
    joined
     its sector peers in flagging persistent challenges in the
housing market.
  
        * BUDGET: Britain 
    posted
     a smaller-than-expected budget deficit of 7.77 billion
pounds ($9.9 billion) in December, the Office for National
Statistics said on Tuesday.
  
    * BRIDGEPOINT: Bridgepoint  BPTB.L  announced the
acquisition of anti-aging cosmetics group RoC on Tuesday,
confirming an earlier Reuters report.
    * METAL: Most base metals rose on Tuesday.
    * GOLD: Gold prices rose on Tuesday.
    * OIL: Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday as traders
weighed a host of conflicting supply and demand worries, with
rising tensions in the Middle East and cold weather woes
disrupting production in the United States.
    * FTSE 100: UK stocks climbed on Monday.
    
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 (Reporting by Hani Kollathodi in Bengaluru)
 ((Hani.Kollathodi@thomsonreuters.com;))