UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Aug 4 (updated)

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04/08/2022 07:58

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    Aug 4 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index  .FTSE  is seen
opening higher on Thursday, with futures  FFIc1  up 0.06%.
    
    * GLENCORE: Glencore  GLEN.L  announced a share buyback of
$3 billion, after it reported a record half-yearly
profit. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZG1CS
    * CENTAMIN: Gold miner Centamin Plc  CEY.L  reported a 4%
rise in its first-half revenue.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZG1H7
    * GO AHEAD: Go-Ahead Group  GOG.L  agreed to an increased
buyout offer from Australia's Kinetic Holding and Spain-based
Globalvia Inversiones.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZG1FU
    * MEDICLINIC: South Africa's Remgro  REMJ.J  said it will
buy British hospital chain operator Mediclinic International
 MDCM.L .  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZG1D6
    * ROLLS ROYCE: Rolls-Royce  RR.L  said it would see its
squeezed operating profit margin improve in the second half.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM000M60
    * INFORMA: Informa Plc  INF.L  reiterated its annual profit
to be at the top end of market expectations.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZG1DH
    * NEXT: British retailer Next  NXT.L  increased its
full-year sales and profit forecasts.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nTUC2GWX84
    * PHEONIX: Phoenix  PHNX.L  has bought closed life insurer
Sun Life of Canada UK for 248 million pounds.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2ZG0BL
    * MEGGITT: Aircraft parts supplier Meggitt Plc  MGGT.L 
reported a 21% rise in its first-half revenue.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZG1DC
    * UNILEVER: Ben & Jerry's independent board said Unilever
Plc had frozen its directors' salaries in July as a pressure
tactic.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2ZF1OZ
    * M&S: Britain's Marks and Spencer  MKS.L  said it would
stop selling disposable barbecues to reduce risk of fires in dry
conditions.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2ZF6O0
    * REGULATOR: Britain's competition regulator said that
Canadian cloud-based software firm Dye & Durham  DND.TO  should
sell TM Group after it identified competition concerns.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZF26P
    * AUTOS: British new car registrations fell about 9% in
July, according to preliminary industry data.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZF3HH 
    * BOE: The Bank of England is expected to raise interest
rates by the most since 1995. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2ZF631
    * HARLEQUIN: The chairman of Harlequin Group was convicted
of defrauding 226 million pounds ($274 million) from more than
8,000 investors in Britain.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2ZF1UK

   
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 (Reporting by Muhammed Husain and Prerna Bedi in Bengaluru)
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