UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Aug 16

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16/08/2018 06:37

Aug 16 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100  .FTSE  index is seen opening up 20
points at 7,518 on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers. 
    
    * RANK GROUP: British bingo and casino operator Rank Group's  RNK.L 
full-year pre-tax profit fell more than 40 percent, its Hong Kong-listed owner
Guoco Group Ltd  0053.HK  said in a statement on Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1V14DL
    * SPORTS DIRECT: Philip Day, owner of the Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group, is
in discussions with landlords to take over several House of Fraser stores in a
move that could anger the chain's new owner, Sports Direct International Plc
 SPD.L , The Times reported on Thursday. http://bit.ly/2MNd9tv
    * ANGLO AMERICAN: Miner Anglo American Plc  AAL.L  expects to obtain
licenses to expand its Minas-Rio multibillion-dollar iron ore mine in Brazil by
June next year, the company's CEO for Brazil Ruben Fernandes told Reuters on
Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1V61VL
    * BHP: Brazil's Samarco Mineração SA, owned by Vale SA  VALE3.SA  and BHP
Billiton Ltd  BLT.L , expects to pay up to 2 billion reais ($512.5 million) this
year to 19,000 families affected by the 2015 mining disaster in the state of
Minas Gerais, the foundation created to pay the victims said on Wednesday. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1V61VC
    * GLENCORE: QHG Oil Ventures, a joint venture between Qatar Investment
Authority and Glencore GLEN.L, has valued a 14.2 percent stake in Rosneft, which
it is selling, at 7.4 billion euros ($8.4 billion), a QHG financial statement
showed on Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1V64PJ
    * TULLOW OIL: Oil production from Tullow Oil's  TLW.L  offshore Tweneboa,
Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN) field in Ghana is expected to hit full output capacity
of 80,000 barrels a day by 2020, a local manager said on Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1V6536
    * EX-DIVS: Anglo American  AAL.L , Ashtead Group  AHT.L , Aviva  AV.L ,
Evraz  EVRE.L , HSBC  HSBA.L , Legal & General  LGEN.L , Lloyds Banking Group
 LLOY.L , Pearson  PSON.L , Reckitt Benckiser  RB.L , Schroders  SDR.L , Segro
 SGRO.L , Standard Life Aberdeen  SLA.L  will trade without entitlement to their
latest dividend pay-out on Thursday, trimming 17.13 points off the FTSE 100
according to Reuters calculations.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1V42PF 
    * The UK blue chip index closed down 1.7 percent at 7,497.87 points on
Wednesday, as emerging markets stress and a sharp selloff in commodities drove
down stocks across Europe, with investors running scared after trade spat
deepened between Turkey and the United States.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1V64FY
    * For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets
    
    * UK CORPORATE DIARY:
 Marshalls PLC      MSLH.L   Half Year 2018 
 Kingfisher PLC     KGF.L    Q2 2018 Trading Statement
 Kaz Minerals PLC   KAZ.L    Half Year 2018
 
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