UK Stocks-Factors to watch on September 16

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16/09/2026 06:08

Sept 16 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Wednesday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.2%.
* HEATHROW: Britain cannot expand London's Heathrow Airport and still meet its climate targets unless airlines are required to take full responsibility for their emissions, the country's climate advisers said.
* AI: One in six workers in Britain is paying for an AI tool to help them do their job, at a total cost of nearly £1 billion a year of their own money, according to research published by Deloitte.
* FOOD PRICES: British food price inflation will reach up to 3.9% this year and nearly 7% in 2027, driven by Middle East disruption, rising input costs and extreme weather linked to El Nino, a prominent grocery industry researcher said.
* OIL: Oil prices fell after an unexpected build in U.S. crude inventories, while investors assessed supply risks after Saudi Arabia suspended oil loadings at its Yanbu port following an attack on its East-West pipeline to the Red Sea.
* GOLD: Gold prices ticked up as oil prices eased, while market participants looked ahead to the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy decision, with a rate hike largely priced in.
* METALS: Copper rose marginally from a more than three-week low, even as investors expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to hike interest rates later in the day.
* FTSE: London shares slipped on Tuesday, hovering around two-month lows, as rising oil prices prompted a fresh rise in bond yields, while investors assessed domestic economic data ahead of a Bank of England monetary policy meeting later this week.
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Barratt Redrow 
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Moonpig
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 (Compiled by Neeshita Beura in Bengaluru)
 ((Neeshita.Beura@thomsonreuters.com))