UK Stocks-Factors to watch on March 1
01/03/2019 05:50
March 1 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE is seen opening 32 points
higher at 7,107 on Friday, according to financial bookmakers.
* TBC BANK: Georgia's biggest retail bank TBC Bank Group Plc TBCG.L said
on Thursday its corporate subsidiary TBC Bank JSC had received $34 million loan
from the European Investment Bank. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20N7WI
* LLOYDS: Lawmakers have criticised a move by Britain's Lloyds Banking Group
LLOY.L to impose more expensive and complex overdraft fees on customers only
months before a regulatory clampdown. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20N5WK
* PREMIER OIL: Britain's Premier Oil PMO.L has teamed up with U.S. private
equity fund Apollo Global Management APO.N to bid for oil and gas fields owned
by Chevron CVX.N in the British North Sea, according to industry
sources. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20N8IV
* BARCLAYS: John Varley, former CEO of Barclays BARC.L , told investigators
in 2014 he had had to delegate responsibility during the British bank's efforts
to raise more than 11 billion pounds ($15 billion) at the height of the credit
crisis. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20N5GU
* GOLD: Gold prices hit a two-week low on Friday as upbeat U.S. economic
data boosted the dollar, while mounting concerns over a slowdown in global
growth offered support to the safe-haven metal. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20O1OT
* OIL: Oil prices rose on Friday as markets tightened amid output cuts by
producer club OPEC, but surging U.S. supply and a global economic slowdown
prevented crude from climbing further. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20O1FX
* The UK blue chip index closed 0.46 percent down at 7074.73 on Thursday as
results hurt packaging firm Mondi, miners fell on weak Chinese factory data and
Rolls-Royce slipped after dropping out of the race to supply engines for
Boeing's mid-market aircraft. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20N3ST
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* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
William Hill WMH.L Full year result
Robert Walters RWA.L Full year result
London Stock Exchange LSE.L Full year result
MPAC Group MPAC.L Full year result
New Star Investment Trust NESI.L Half year result
Jupiter Fund Management JUP.L Full year result
IMI Plc IMI.L Full year result
Man Group Plc EMG.L Full year result
Maistro Plc MAISM.L Full year result
WPP Plc WPP.L Full year result
Coats Group Plc COA.L Full year result
Rightmove Plc RMV.L Full year result
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