UK Stocks-Factors to watch on July 22 (updated)
UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on July 22 Adds news items, updates futures
July 22 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Wednesday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.3%.
* J D WETHERSPOON: J D Wetherspoon JDW.L issued its fourth full-year profit warning in seven months, blaming marginally weaker-than-anticipated final-quarter sales and a surge in costs.
* MULBERRY: Mulberry said revenue jumped in the first 13 weeks of current fiscal year as momentum from its turnaround strategy picked up.
* BLOOMSBURY: Bloomsbury Publishing BLPU.L confirmed it was among the beneficiaries of a landmark $1.5 billion settlement that resolves claims Anthropic used copyrighted books to train its AI models without purchasing the content.
* HENRY BOOT: Property and construction company Henry Boot BOOT.L warned that its annual profit would be significantly below market expectations, blaming political uncertainty in Britain and the conflict in the Middle East for lower sales of plots.
* LIONTRUST: British fund manager Liontrust Asset Management LIO.L reported a slowdown in first-quarter outflows, supported by resilient institutional inflows.
* INFLATION: British inflation cooled by more than expected last month driven by a fall in petrol prices after a brief de-escalation in the Iran war.
* RIO TINTO: Rio Tinto RIO.AX, RIO.L said it had signed a five-year deal with Australian bioenergy firm SuperChar to supply bio pellets and has agreed to transfer customers from its aluminium metal matrix composites (MMC) business to Cymat Technologies CYM.V.
* SHELL, BP: Egypt is in talks with energy majors including Shell SHEL.L, TotalEnergies TTEF.PA and BP BP.L to buy 15 to 18 cargoes of liquefied natural gas per month for at least three years, three trading and industry sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
* COMMODITIES: Oil prices extended gains, gold rose to a two-week high, and Shanghai copper rose to a seven-week high.
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(Compiled by Neeshita Beura and Simone Lobo in Bengaluru)