UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Feb. 21
21/02/2022 05:07
Feb 21 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index .FTSE is seen
opening higher on Monday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.25%.
* ASTRAZENECA: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it
had found four batches of AstraZeneca Plc's AZN.L COVID-19
vaccine manufactured at the troubled Emergent BioSolutions
EBS.N facility that were fit to be shipped outside the United
States. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2UT3T5
* NAS-MENZIES: Kuwait's National Aviation Services (NAS)
said it had increased its stake in John Menzies MNZS.L for
32.1 million pounds ($43.61 million), taking its total ownership
to about 19%, weeks ahead of a deadline to make another takeover
offer for the British airport services group. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2UT3L9
* S4 CAPITAL: S4 Capital's SFOR.L Executive Chairman
Martin Sorrell told The Times that he is considering a New York
listing for the company. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2UV0I1
* NEXT FIFTEEN: Digital marketing group Next Fifteen
Communications plc NFC.L is in advanced talks to acquire rival
Engine Group's British operations, Sky News reporter Mark
Kleinman tweeted. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2UV02U
* OXFORD CANNABINOID: Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies
OCTP.L said its third-largest investor has asked the British
pharmaceutical company to hold a shareholder meeting to remove
its chief executive officer and a majority of its board members.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2UT3KU
* METALS: London copper prices edged higher, supported by a
weaker dollar, while prospects of a de-escalation in
Russia-Ukraine tensions bolstered appetite for risky assets.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2UW0U9
* GOLD: Gold prices fell from a more than eight-month high
hit earlier, as safe-haven demand eased after the U.S. president
agreed to meet his Russian counterpart over the Ukraine crisis.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2UW0JU
* OIL: Oil prices fell on a plan for U.S. President Joe
Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin to hold a summit on the
Ukraine crisis and on prospects of a nuclear deal between Iran
and world powers in the next week or two. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2UW01X
* UK's FTSE 100 fell on Friday as weakness in healthcare
stocks and simmering Russia-Ukraine tensions offset optimism
around better-than-expected January retail sales data, while the
benchmark stock index recorded its biggest weekly drop in three
months. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2UT1ZM
* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
McBride Plc MCB.L HY results
Dechra Pharma DPH.L HY results
Finsbury Food FIF.L HY results
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(Reporting by Amna Karimi in Bengaluru)
((amna.karimi@thomsonreuters.com))