UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Feb. 17 (updated)

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17/02/2022 07:53

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    Feb 17 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100  .FTSE  index is seen
opening lower on Thursday, with futures  FFIc1  down 0.10%. 
    
    * CASINO-OCADO: French retailer Groupe Casino  CASP.PA  and
British online technology firm Ocado Group  OCDO.L  said they
would develop e-commerce logistics centres for retailers in
France in a major expansion of their partnership.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2US0G5 
    * MONDI: Paper and packaging company Mondi Plc  MNDI.L  said
on Thursday it would sell its personal care components business
to Japan's Nitto Denko Corp  6988.T , as the UK-based group
focuses on building its core packaging and paper divisions.
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    * STANCHART: Standard Chartered  STAN.L  boosted its staff
bonus pool 38% to $1.37 billion in 2021, even as it said it is
trying to cut fixed costs, a sign of how banks are returning to
bumper payouts after weathering the COVID pandemic in better
shape than expected.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2US1HA
    * STANCHART: Standard Chartered raised its core
profitability goals and promised shareholders extra payouts on
Thursday, despite full-year profit undershooting expectations,
as it banks on inflation-battling rate hikes worldwide to boost
lending.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2US07Z
    * SHELL: Shell  RDSa.L  has become the first supplier of
sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Singapore, and plans to start
blending the fuel at its plant in the aviation hub, the company
said during an event at the Singapore Airshow.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2UR27E
    * EMBRAER-ROLLS ROYCE: Brazil planemaker Embraer  EMBR3.SA 
said it signed a research partnership with Norwegian company
Widerøe and Rolls-Royce  RR.L  aiming to create a conceptual
zero-emission regional aircraft.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS0N2TJ02R
    * OFGEM: Britain's energy market regulator Ofgem will
introduce two short-term measures to help to stabilise the UK
energy market, it said, after soaring prices have forced dozens
of suppliers to quit the market.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2UR1QL
    * COVID-19: Britain said it would offer COVID-19 vaccines to
all 5-11 year olds, widening the rollout of vaccines in children
in a decision that has been taken more slowly than in some other
countries.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2UR3DU
    * OIL: Oil recovered some of its more than 2% fall in Asian
trade on Thursday after Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine
accused Kyiv government forces on Thursday of shelling their
territory with mortars.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2US047
    * London's FTSE 100 inched lower on Wednesday as gains in
commodity stocks were offset by losses in retailers following a
spike in January inflation, while Indivior jumped on its plans
for a U.S. listing.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2UR27H
    
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 (Reporting by Amna Karimi in Bengaluru)
 ((amna.karimi@thomsonreuters.com))