UK Stocks-Factors to watch on July 9 (updated)
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July 9 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Wednesday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.16%.
* GALLIFORD TRY: Galliford Try GFRD.L said it expects to report annual revenue and adjusted pre-tax profit slightly above market estimates.
* YOUNG & CO'S BREWERY PLC: Young & Co's Brewery YNGa.L reported 7% like-for-like sales growth for the first 14 weeks of its financial year.
* JET2: Jet2 JET2.L reported a 12% rise in annual pre-tax profit, driven by demand for its affordable holiday packages and flights.
* WPP: WPP WPP.L slashed its profit outlook for the year after trading deteriorated, raising concerns about the group's ability to deal with the technological change driven by AI at a time of intensifying economic uncertainty.
* PRUDENTIAL: ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company IICL.NS, a joint venture between ICICI Bank ICBK.NS and British insurer Prudential PRU.L, has filed for an IPO comprising an offer for sale of up to 17.7 million shares, draft papers filed late on Tuesday showed.
* LINDSEY OIL: Lindsey oil refinery has resumed fuel deliveries, a spokesperson for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) told Reuters on Tuesday, after a deal to continue short-term crude supply was reached last week.
* COMMODITIES: Oil prices edged down on Wednesday after rising to two-week highs in the previous session, gold prices fell to their lowest point in more than a week, and copper prices on the London Metal Exchange and the Shanghai Futures Exchange slipped as the announcement of U.S. copper tariffs signalled an end to a months-long arbitrage trade that had drawn the metal from global markets.
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(Reporting by Subiksha S and Ankita Bora in Bengaluru)
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