UK Stocks-Factors to watch on May 1 (updated)
01/05/2026 07:47
Adds news items, updates futures May 1 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening lower on Friday, with futures FFIc1 down 0.15%. * NATWEST: NatWest NWG.L reported 12% year-on-year rise in first-quarter profit as higher lending income countered a modest charge against potential losses linked to the economic impact of the Iran war. * ASTRAZENECA: A panel of outside experts to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted against backing the risk-benefit profile of AstraZeneca's AZN.L breast cancer drug camizestrant, the company said. * BRITISH AIRWAYS: British Airways pilots narrowly rejected the IAG-owned carrier's proposal to overhaul their pay, Sky News reported. * TARIFFS: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he was lifting tariffs on whiskey from the United Kingdom. * HOUSE PRICES: British house prices unexpectedly rose for a fourth month in a row in April, despite headwinds to consumer confidence from conflict in the Middle East, Nationwide Building Society said. * RETAIL SALES: British discretionary retail like-for-like sales slid 1.6% year-on-year in April, their weakest April performance in a decade outside the pandemic, BDO data showed. * COMMODITIES: Oil rose on Friday, while gold prices were largely steady in thin trading, and copper prices climbed. * For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: LIVE/ TODAY'S UK PAPERS > Financial Times PRESS/FT > Other business headlines PRESS/GB (Compiled by Roshni Srivastava in Bengaluru) ((roshni.srivastava@thomsonreuters.com))