UK Stocks-Factors to watch on April 8 (updated)
08/04/2025 07:51
Adds new items, updates stocks April 8 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up on Tuesday, with futures FFIc1 up 1.45%. * HOME REIT: Britain's financial watchdog said it was investigating BDO LLP's audit of Home REIT's HOMEH.L statements for the financial year that ended in August 2021. * IMPAX: British investment manager Impax Asset Management IPX.L forecast its full-year profit below market expectations, hurt by a 26% fall in its managed assets as of March-end and the impact of an escalating trade war on global markets. * HOWDEN JOINERY: UK-based kitchen and joinery supplier Howden Joinery HWDN.L said that Jackie Callaway will succeed Paul Hayes as CFO. * TRADE: Britain will fight to secure an economic partnership with the United States while also working to lower trade barriers with key partners, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said. * 3i GROUP: 3i Group III.L has paused the sale process of pet food maker MPM to assess the impact of U.S. tariffs, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter. * GLENCORE: Indigenous groups in Peru stopped blocking access to Glencore's GLEN.L Antapaccay copper mine, after an agreement with government officials, a local community leader said. * OIL: Oil prices rose more than 1% after a hefty selloff on demand concerns amid U.S. tariffs. * GOLD: Gold prices rebounded from a near four-week low, on investor appetite for safe-haven assets. * METALS: Base metal prices in China stabilised, as market participants adopted a wait-and-see stance. * 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;))