UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Oct. 21 (updated)
21/10/2024 07:43
(Adds new items, updates futures)
Oct 21 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is
seen opening flat on Monday, with futures FFIc1 unchanged.
* OCEAN WILSONS: Investment holding company Ocean Wilsons
OCN.L agreed to sell its 56.47% stake in Wilson Sons
PORT3.SA to SAS Shipping Agencies Services Sàrl for 4.352
billion reais ($764.9 million).
* HOME PRICES: Asking prices for British homes rose only
marginally in October as more properties came onto the market,
according to a survey on Monday that also suggested some buyers
were waiting for clarity on tax changes in the new government's
upcoming budget.
* SHELL: Major energy company Shell SHEL.L and Singapore's
Maritime and Port Authority deployed clean-up measures after a
leak from a land-based pipeline, they said on Sunday.
* OIL: Oil prices steadied in early trading, following a
more than 7% drop last week on worries about demand in China,
the world's top oil importer, and an easing of concerns about
potential supply disruptions in the Middle East.
* GOLD: Gold rose to a fresh high, extending its blazing
rally amid uncertainties surrounding the U.S. election,
simmering Middle East tensions, and rate cuts by major central
banks, while silver scaled a near 12-year peak.
* METALS: Most nonferrous metals rose, boosted by rate cuts
in top consumer China and expectations of further stimulus to
spur economic growth.
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(Reporting by Yamini Kalia and DhanushVignesh Babu in
Bengaluru)
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