UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Oct. 19

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19/10/2015 07:40

(Adds futures prices, company news) 
    LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100  .FTSE  is seen opening about 
4 points lower, or down 0.06 percent, on Monday, according to financial 
bookmakers. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on 
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    * The UK blue chip index closed up 0.6 percent at 6,378.04 points on Friday. 
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    * Futures for the index  FFIc1  were down 0.2 percent by 0639 GMT. 
    * ITV  ITV.L  - Britain's biggest free-to-air commercial broadcaster said it 
had agreed to buy the TV business of Northern Irish network partner UTV  UTV.L  
for 100 million pounds ($154 million) in cash.  ID:nASM000CW8  
    * SHIRE  SHP.L  - Shire still hopes to launch its new dry eye drug 
lifitegrast next year, despite a decision by the U.S. Food and Drug 
Administration not to approve it based on current data, the firm's chief 
executive said on Monday. 
    * DIAGEO  DGE.L  - Shares in Australia's Treasury Wine Estates Ltd  TWE.AX  
jumped to a record on Monday as investors cheered its $552 million purchase of 
most of Diageo's U.S. and British wine operations, along with plans to issue 
shares to fund the offer.  ID:nL3N12I0Q6  
    * CARILLION  CLLN.L  - The support services company signed a contract with a 
homes and communities agency for an 80 million pound regeneration project in 
Leeds.  ID:nASM000CW7  
    * LONDONMETRIC  LMPL.L  - The property company sold a further two retail 
assets for 32 million pounds.  ID:nFWN12G00R  
    * GREAT EASTERN ENERGY CORPORATION LIMITED  GEECq.L  - The resources company 
said that it expected earnings for the six month period ending Sept 2015 to be 
below market expectations.  ID:nFWN12F087  
    * TENGRI RESOURCES  TENT.L  - The mineral company said that Gary Lewis has 
resigned as executive chairman and as a director of company with immediate 
effect.  ID:nFWN12G00P  
    * SOFTCAT  IPO-SOFT.L  - The IT services provider said that it would proceed 
with an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange.  ID:nASM000CW9  
    * CHINA - China's economic growth dipped below 7 percent for the first time 
since the global financial crisis in the third quarter, hurt partly by cooling 
investment, raising pressure on Beijing to further cut interest rates and take 
other measures to stoke activity.  ID:nL3N12J1EK  
    * London copper sagged on Monday after China's economic growth slowed in the 
third quarter, reflecting headwinds from a sluggish global economy that is 
denting its demand for metals.  ID:nL3N12J1K2  
    * Oil prices dipped on Monday as China's economic growth eased in the third 
quarter to grow at the slowest pace since the start of the global financial 
crisis, raising concerns about demand.  ID:nL3N12J1H2  
    * HOUSE PRICES - Asking prices for houses in England and Wales saw their 
smallest October rise since 2010 but competition for properties between 
first-time-buyers and buy-to-let-investors has fired up the market for smaller 
homes, property website Rightmove said.  ID:nL8N12G21A  
       
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