UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Sept 10 (updated)

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10/09/2024 07:44

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       Sept 10 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100  .FTSE  index is
seen opening lower on Tuesday, with futures down 0.5%.

    * ABRDN: Asset manager Abrdn  ABDN.L  named interim boss
Jason Windsor as its new chief executive officer on Tuesday,
formally handing the ex-Aviva  AV.L  executive the task of
rebooting its finances and performance.
        * SCHRODERS: British fund manager Schroders  SDR.L  has
named insider Richard Oldfield as its new chief executive to
succeed Peter Harrison in November, it said on Tuesday.
        * CENTAMIN: Global miner AngloGold Ashanti  AU.N  will
buy Egypt-focused smaller rival Centamin  CEY.L  in a $2.5
billion deal, the companies said on Tuesday.
        * IQE: British semiconductor wafer maker IQE  IQE.L 
swung to a profit in the first half on Tuesday, supported by a
combination of revenue expansion and cost-control measures.
        * IWG: Britain's IWG's  IWG.L  shareholder Buckley
Capital Management has urged the office rental firm to consider
moving its listing on the U.S. stock exchange in order to boost
shareholder value, the latter said on Tuesday.
        * PAY: British pay growth cooled in the three months to
July to a more than two-year low and employment shot higher,
according to data on Tuesday which likely keeps the Bank of
England on track to cut interest rates again before the end of
the year.
        * SERICA: Oil and gas company Serica Energy  SQZ.L 
posted lower profit for the first half of 2024 on Tuesday, hit
by a tax charge of $106 million.
        * ASTRAZENECA: Detailed results from one of
AstraZeneca's  AZN.L  key lung cancer trials released on Monday
showed that its experimental precision drug did not
significantly improve overall survival results for patients in
the trial.
    

        
  
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 (Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar in Bengaluru)
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