UK Stocks-Factors to watch on January 21 (updated)
21/01/2026 07:50
Adds new items, updates futures Jan 21 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening largely unchanged on Wednesday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.02%. * BURBERRY: Burberry BRBY.L beat expectations for sales growth in the key holiday quarter and forecast annual profit in line with analyst expectations. * CURRYS: Currys CURY.L posted a 6% rise in underlying sales over its Christmas trading period, prompting it to lift its annual profit outlook. * ABERDEEN: Aberdeen ABDN.L reported net outflows of 3.9 billion pounds for 2025 amid higher customer withdrawals in the lead-up to the UK budget. * J D WETHERSPOON: J D Wetherspoon JDW.L warned that fiscal 2026 profit could be below the prior year. * JD SPORTS: JD Sports Fashion JD.L reported another fall in underlying sales in the key Christmas trading period. * QUILTER: Quilter QLT.L said its fourth-quarter net inflows jumped 21% to a record 2.4 billion pounds. * PREMIER FOODS: Premier Foods PFD.L forecast its annual trading profit at the upper end of analysts' estimate. * DRAX: Drax Group DRX.L said it would buy Flexitricity for 36 million pounds. * RIO TINTO: Rio Tinto RIO.AX beat expectations for quarterly iron ore and copper production. * INFLATION: Britain's main inflation measure sped up by more than expected to 3.4% in December from 3.2% in November, official figures showed. * HOSPITALITY: Businesses in Britain's hospitality sector say new taxes are limiting their capacity to invest, compounding a traditional weakness of the economy and undermining the government's pledges to revive growth. * ENERGY: Britain set out a 15 billion-pound plan to cut energy bills through home upgrades and other efficiency measures. * COMMODITIES: Oil prices fell, copper prices fell, gold prices surged to a record. * 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 Neeshita Beura in Bengaluru) ((Neeshita.Beura@thomsonreuters.com))