UK Stocks-Factors to watch on March 23
23/03/2017 06:28
March 23 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 12
points at 7,337 on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers.
* GLAXOSMITHKLINE: Britain's GlaxoSmithKline GSK.L and U.S.-based
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals REGN.O are embarking on a joint project with UK
Biobank, the world's most detailed biomedical database, to hunt for new clues
linking genes and disease. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GZ4H7
* SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell RDSa.L agreed to lease capacity at a large oil
terminal in Panama that has been used by U.S. refiner Tesoro Corp TSO.N ,
sources involved in the deal told Reuters, gaining much-needed storage for its
crude operations. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N1GZ0U7
* SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell plc RDSa.L , Chevron Corp CVX.N and Exxon
Mobil Corp XOM.N signalled the oil industry's return to the Gulf of Mexico's
deep waters with high bids in a government auction up 76 percent over a year
ago. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N1GZ29E
* BARCLAYS: UK's Financial Conduct Authority has relaunched probe into
Barclays' BARC.L emergency cash call during the financial crisis, the
Financial Times reported on Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1H024G
* HSBC: HSBC is on track to fill 1000 vacancies at the new headquarters of
its British retail bank in Birmingham it said on Thursday, with people hired for
nearly 450 of the roles. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1GY3VU
* TESCO: Tesco TSCO.L , Britain's biggest supermarket, has pulled eight
Heineken HEIN.AS brands, including Amstel, Sol and Kingfisher beer from its
shelves, as part of a move to refine its alcoholic beverages offer, it said on
Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GZ6QC
* BHP BILLITON: Leaders of the striking union at BHP Billiton's BLT.L
Escondida mine in Chile will meet with the rank-and-file before making any
additional decisions about negotiations, a union spokesman said after exiting a
meeting with BHP on Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N1GZ1V9
* BRITAIN AUTOS: British car production hit a 17-year high in February,
extending a recent trend of surging output as a strong rise in exports once
again compensated for a slump in demand at home, an industry body said on
Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GZ49C
* BRITAIN WAGES: Most British companies do not expect to offer more generous
pay deals to employees this year compared with 2016, adding to signs that higher
inflation will gnaw at Britons' living standards in the months ahead, a survey
showed on Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1GY4KS
* EX-DIVS: No FTSE 100 .FTSE companies will go ex-dividend on Thursday,
although several mid-caps will go ex-div, after which investors will no longer
qualify for the latest dividend payout. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GX2A6
* OIL: Oil prices recovered on Thursday from losses chalked up the session
before, but the market remained under pressure as bloated U.S. crude inventories
and rising output dampen OPEC-led efforts to curb global production.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1H019F
* The UK blue chip FTSE 100 .FTSE index closed down 0.7 percent at
7,324.72 points on Wednesday, weighed by banks and miners, as investors repriced
expectations for fiscal easing from the U.S. and a stronger outlook for sterling
compounded weakness in the UK stock market. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GZ5O3
* For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets
* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Kier Group PLC KIE.L Half Year 2017
SOCO International SIA.L Full Year 2016
Futura Medical PLC FUM.L Full Year 2016
PV Crystalox Solar PVCS.L Full Year 2016
Science in Sport PLC SISS.L Full Year 2016
Next PLC NXT.L Full Year 2016
Arbuthnot Banking ARBB.L Full Year 2016
IG Group Holdings IGG.L Q3 2017
Secure Trust Bank STBS.L Full Year 2016
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