UK Stocks- Factors to watch on Nov. 4
04/11/2021 06:48
Nov 4 (Reuters) - Britain's futures .FFIc1 were seen 0.38%
higher on Thursday.
* TATE & LYTE: Britain's food ingredients maker Tate & Lyle
Plc TATE.L said on Wednesday its finance head Vivid Sehgal
will leave the company on Dec. 31, due to personal reasons.
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* ECONOMY: More than half of small British manufacturers
feel under pressure to pay staff more because of labour
shortages caused by the pandemic and Brexit, a survey showed.
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* NATWEST: Britain's NatWest NWG.L will not lend to any
new customers operating coal-fired power plants or to existing
clients planning to increase their capacity, in a move to
toughen its policy on climate change. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2RU85P
* AUTOS: British new car registrations dropped by roughly
25% year-on-year in October as a lack of semi-conductor chips
continued to hit the sector worldwide. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2RU3FQ
* OFGEM: British energy regulator Ofgem said on Wednesday
CNG Energy Ltd will cease to trade, joining over 17 energy
suppliers in the country that have gone bust due to high
wholesale energy prices. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2RU3XI
* GOLD: Gold prices inched higher as investors took solace
in the U.S. Federal Reserve's plan to dial back its stimulus
without hiking interest rates for a while. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2RV0LM
* OIL: Oil prices extended declines after Iran and world
powers agreed to resume nuclear talks this month that could lead
to the removal of U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil, increasing
global supplies. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2RV01M
* MARKETS: London's FTSE 100 slipped on Wednesday as losses
in heavyweight oil stocks and the stronger pound weighed, while
traders held back on uncertainty around a potential UK rate
hike. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2RU1JV
* UK Corporate diary
Sainsbury SBRY.L HY Results
Smith & Nephew SN.L Trading update
Hikma HIK.L Trading update
BT BT.L Q2 Results
Derwent London DLN.L Business update
Tate & Lyle TATE.L HY Results
Electrocomponents ECM.L HY Results
Wizz Air WIZZ.L HY Results
Gattaca GATC.L FY Results
Lancashire LRE.L Q3 Results
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(Reporting by Muhammed Husain in Bengaluru)
((Muhammed.Husain@thomsonreuters.com;))