UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Oct 10 (updated)

Nordic Waterproofing Holding AB

10/10/2023 07:45

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       Oct 10 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100  .FTSE  index is
seen opening higher on Tuesday, with futures  FFIc1  up 0.66% 
    
   * ROBERT WALTERS: British recruiter Robert Walters  RWA.L 
kept its annual profit outlook after reporting a 17% fall in
quarterly net fees as both client and candidate confidence
levels remained subdued.
       * KINGSPAN: Ireland-based Kingspan Group  KSP.I 
announced a mandatory cash offer of 2.66 billion Swedish crowns
($242.50 million) for the shares it does not already own in
Nordic Waterproofing  NWHD.ST .
        * CURRYS: British electricals retailer Currys  CURY.L 
said it had received non-binding offers from several potential
buyers for its Greek business Kotsovolos, which it is reviewing.
        * YOUGOV: Polling company YouGov  YOU.L  met
expectations with a 63% rise in adjusted pretax profit to 56.4
million pounds  ($68.93 million) for the year to end-July and
said its acquisition of GfK's consumer panel business was on
track to close in the coming months.
    * FUEL PRICES: Consumers in Britain held off on much of
their non-essential spending last month as rising prices for
motor fuel compounded the broader hit from the high cost of
living, according to data published.
    * RIO TINTO: Aboriginal elders have walked off a heritage
survey on a Rio Tinto  RIO.L  iron ore project in Western
Australia over concerns the global miner has played down the
harm it caused them after blasting impacted an Indigenous rock
shelter in August.
    * OIL: Oil prices eased after rallying more than 4% in the
previous session.
    * METALS: Prices of most nonferrous metals declined, weighed
down by a sombre economic growth outlook in the upcoming
quarters, rising inventories and a generally firmer dollar.  
         
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($1 = 10.9691 Swedish crowns)

($1 = 0.8182 pounds)

 (Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar and Zainab Saifuddin Saifee in
Bengaluru)
 ((Radhika.Anilkumar@thomsonreuters.com;))