UK Stocks-Factors to watch on September 24 (updated)
UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on September 24 Adds news items, updates futures
Sept 24 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index opened down 0.2% on Thursday.
* CAPRICORN ENERGY: Capricorn Energy CNE.L forecast annual production above the mid-point of its 18,000 to 22,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day guidance range.
* VISTRY: Vistry VTYV.L lowered its annual profit expectations, as contract renegotiations, amid its turnaround plans, deferred deal completions.
* HALMA: Halma HLMA.L raised its forecast for its annual adjusted operating profit margin after a strong first half and the positive impact of recent acquisitions and disposals.
* RASPBERRY PI: Raspberry Pi RPI.L reported record revenue and profit growth and stuck to an upbeat annual outlook.
* ON THE BEACH: On the Beach OTB.L forecast profit growth of up to 55% in fiscal 2027, as the British package holiday group pointed to strong booking momentum following a summer recovery.
* SHELL: Shell SHEL.L and Trinidad and Tobago's National Gas Company have agreed terms for natural gas supplies from Shell's Aphrodite field, ending a pricing dispute that had delayed the project, NGC Chairman Gerald Ramdeen told Reuters.
* HSBC: HSBC HSBA.L moved a board meeting scheduled to take place in Dubai this month to London amid concerns over safety, as the war in Iran continues to disrupt executive travel to the region, the Financial Times reported.
* ANTOFAGASTA: Two unions representing workers at Antofagasta Minerals' ANTO.L Centinela copper mine in Chile called on workers to hold a strike vote, saying negotiations with the firm had reached a "dead end".
* THAMES WATER: Thames Water's creditors are preparing a revised rescue deal that would include deeper debt writedowns and additional equity investment to prevent the government from taking temporary control of the troubled utility, Bloomberg News reported.
* EX-DIVS: Standard Life SDLF.L will trade without entitlement to its latest dividend pay-outs on Thursday.
* COMMODITIES: Oil prices retreated on Thursday, gold was sandwiched between market expectations of further Federal Reserve policy tightening, and copper floated lower.
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(Compiled by in Roshni Srivastava Bengaluru)