UK Stocks-Factors to watch on June 21 (updated)

Financials Acquisition

21/06/2023 07:47

(Updates futures, adds news items in bullets 1-6)
       June 21 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100  .FTSE  index is
expected to open lower on Wednesday, with futures  FFIc1  down
0.22%.
    
    * BERKELEY: Berkeley Group Holdings  BKGH.L  posted a nearly
 10% jump in annual profit. 
    * LIONTRUST: British asset manager Liontrust  LIO.L 
reported lower annual profit.
        * HALFORDS: Britain's Halfords  HFD.L  posted 38% fall
in annual profit.
        * RESTAURANT GROUP: UK's The Restaurant Group  RTN.L 
said CFO Kirk Davis will leave the company.
        * VODAFONE: Britain telecoms company Vodafone  VOD.L 
hired investment bank Morgan Stanley to evaluate options for its
Spanish unit, Spanish newspaper Expansion reported.
        * GSK: GSK  GSK.L  said its vaccine for respiratory
syncytial virus (RSV) showed strong long-term protection in
older adults in late-stage trial.
        * FINANCIALS ACQUISITION CORPORATION: Financials
Acquisition Corporation  FINSF.L  said it would seek shareholder
permission next month for more time to pursue an acquisition
target in insurance sector.
    * INFLATION: The Bank of England has a lot to learn from the
recent surge in inflation in order to prepare for future shocks
that will hit Britain's economy, the head of the BoE's oversight
board said.
    * RIO TINTO: Rio Tinto  RIO.L  said that it had reopened a
rail line at its Western Australian operations after a train
carrying iron ore near the port of Dampier derailed at the
weekend. 
    * FINE: Britain has fined more than 200 companies, including
top retailers WH Smith  SMWH.L , Marks & Spencer  MKS.L  and
Argos, for failing to pay their lowest paid staff the minimum
wage between 2017 and 2019.
    * MORTGAGE: British finance minister Jeremy Hunt will hold a
meeting with Britain's major banks on Friday to discuss how they
can help homeowners hit by rising mortgage costs.
    
    
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 (Reporting by Hani Kollathodi and Radhika Anilkumar in
Bengaluru)
 ((Radhika.Anilkumar@thomsonreuters.com))