UK Stocks-Factors to watch on November 28 (updated)
28/11/2025 08:02
Updates futures, adds new items Nov 28 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Friday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.2%. * MITCHELLS AND BUTLERS: Mitchells & Butlers MAB.L beat annual profit expectations on Friday, helped by robust demand for food and drinks and tighter cost control. * WORKERS' RIGHTS BILL: Britain's government watered down plans to strengthen workers' protection against unfair dismissal on Thursday, saying employees would get the new rights six months after starting a job, not from their first day as originally planned. * CAR PRODUCTION: Britain's car production fell 23.8% to 59,010 units in October as the sector continued to feel the impact of an unprecedented cyberattack at Jaguar Land Rover, the country's largest automaker, industry data showed on Friday. * METALS: Shanghai copper ended the week higher, bolstered by soft U.S. economic data that raised expectations of a rate cut by the Federal Reserve in December. * GOLD: Spot gold prices climbed and were poised for a fourth straight monthly rise, bolstered by investor optimism that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates in December. * OIL: Brent crude oil futures rose as geopolitical risks remained elevated, while traders kept watch on the outcome of an OPEC+ meeting on Sunday for clues about potential output changes. * 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 Tuhina and Neeshita Beura in Bengaluru) ((tuhina@thomsonreuters.com )) ))