UK Stocks-Factors to watch on August 11 (updated)

Malibu Life Holdings

11/08/2025 07:48

Adds company news, updates futures

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening flat on Monday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.04%.

* GSK: British drugmaker GSK GSK.L said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted its application for priority review of gepotidacin, an oral antibiotic to treat sexually transmitted uncomplicated gonorrhoea.

* S4 CAPITAL: Martin Sorrell's ad group S4 Capital SFOR.L
confirmed
 that it is in preliminary talks for a potential merger with MSQ Partners.

* MARKS & SPENCER: British retailer Marks & Spencer MKS.L has
resumed
 taking click and collect orders for clothing after a 15-week hiatus following a cyber hack and data theft.

* PLUS500: Online trading platform Plus500 PLUSP.L
posted
 a slightly higher half-year core profit and launched a $165 million share buyback.

* ROLLS-ROYCE: Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce RR.L sold its UK pension fund to Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) in a 4.3-billion-pound ($5.78 billion) deal, PIC said in a statement on Sunday.

* SPECTRIS: British scientific instruments maker Spectris SXS.L said on Friday it had decided against proceeding with Advent's buyout proposal, days after backing rival suitor KKR's KKR.N $6.4 billion offer.

* THIRD POINT INVESTORS: Glass Lewis has recommended shareholders in Third Point Investors Ltd TPOGu.L vote in favor of a proposal to buy Malibu Life Reinsurance SPC.

* EMPLOYMENT: Hiring intentions by British businesses fell to their weakest since the COVID-19 pandemic and recruiters said starting pay was rising at the slowest pace in over four years, according to surveys.

* COMMODITIES:  Oil prices fell in Asian trading, gold slipped, and copper futures climbed to hit their highest in more than a week on Monday.

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 (Compiled by Nithyashree R B in Bengaluru)

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