UK Stocks-Factors to watch on October 10 (updated)
10/10/2025 07:47
Adds new items, updates futures (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening lower on Friday, with futures FFIc1 down 0.19% . * HAYS: Hays HAYS.L reported an 8% fall in first-quarter like-for-like net fees and warned that challenging conditions from a sluggish job market are likely to persist in the current fiscal year. * IBSTOCK: Ibstock IBST.L said that weak demand in key construction markets hurt revenue across both its clay and concrete segments during the third quarter, and expects soft conditions to last through the end of the year. * BP: BP BP.L has won its arbitration case against Venture Global VG.N over the U.S. supplier's failure to deliver liquefied natural gas under a long-term contract, Venture Global said. * SHELL: The U.S. government has granted an authorization for Shell SHEL.L and Trinidad and Tobago to develop an offshore gas field in Venezuela close to the maritime border, Trinidad's attorney general said. * ASTRAZENECA: AstraZeneca AZN.L broke ground on a new plant in Virginia and said it would spend $4.5 billion on the facility. * FCA: Payouts could start next year for consumers affected by an estimated 14 million unfair motor finance agreements under an industry-wide compensation scheme proposed by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority. * OIL: Oil prices declined slightly as the market's risk premium faded after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a plan to end the war in Gaza. * METALS: Shanghai copper extended gains, as investors bet on continued supply shortages amid ongoing disruptions at mines. * GOLD: Gold held steady , buoyed by lingering geopolitical and economic tensions and expectations of further U.S. rate cuts. * For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: LIVE/ TODAY'S UK PAPERS > Financial Times PRESS/FT > Other business headlines PRESS/GB (Compiled by Simone Lobo in Bengaluru) ((Simone.Lobo@thomsonreuters.com; +919920570373;))