UK Stocks-Factors to watch on April 30
30/04/2020 06:37
April 30 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 43
points higher at 6,158 on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers.
* GSK: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared expanded
use of GlaxoSmithKline's GSK.L Zejula as a first option to keep advanced
ovarian cancer at bay in women who have responded to chemotherapy. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2CH2HJ
* RBS: Royal Bank of Scotland RBS.L said on Wednesday it was doing what it
could to offer government-backed loans to businesses being hammered by the
economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2CH4D8
* JD WETHERSPOON: British pubs group JD Wetherspoon JDW.L plans to raise
141 million pounds ($175.91 million) in a share placing as it tries to cope with
the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, which has forced all pubs to
close. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2CH6MA
* INSURERS: Top insurers face a potential multi-million pound lawsuit from
British pubs, hotels, restaurants and leisure groups, who allege that legitimate
business interruption claims have been rejected. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2CH4EN
* UK CAR OUTPUT: The British car industry faces losing output worth more
than 8 billion pounds due to the coronavirus outbreak, which cut production in
March by a third, falling to its lowest level since 2009, an industry body said
on Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2CH525
* OIL: Oil prices rose on Thursday, building on big gains in the previous
session on signs the U.S. crude glut is not growing as fast as expected and that
gasoline demand battered by COVID-19 restrictions is starting to pick up.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2CH3CS
* GOLD: Gold edged lower on Thursday as risk appetite improved after
positive trial results of an experimental COVID-19 treatment and a jump in oil
prices, while the U.S. Federal Reserve's vow to support the battered economy
underpinned the safe-haven metal. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2CI0LL
* EX-DIVS: London Stock Exchange Group LSE.L will trade without
entitlement to its latest dividend pay-out on Thursday, trimming 0.62 points off
the FTSE 100 according to Reuters calculations. .L/XD
* The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed 2.6% higher, while midcap stocks
.FTMC gained 3.3% on Wednesday as encouraging news on a potential COVID-19
treatment and a surge in shares of lenders Barclays and Standard Chartered
following results added to a strong rally in equities this month. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2CH1UX
* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
ConvaTec Group CTEC.L Q1 2020 Trading Statement
EVRAZ EVRE.L Q1 2020 Trading Update
Fastjet FJET.L Full Year 2019 Trading Statement
G4S GFS.L Q1 2020 Trading Statement
Hikma Pharmaceuticals HIK.L Trading Statement
Howden Joinery Group HWDN.L Q1 2020 Trading Statement
International Personal Finance IPF.L Q1 2020 Trading Statement
J Sainsbury SBRY.L Full Year 2020 Earnings Release
James Fisher and Sons FSJ.L Trading Statement
Kaz Minerals KAZ.L Q1 2020 Interim Management Statement
Lancashire Holdings LRE.L Q1 2020 Trading Statement
Lloyds Banking Group LLOY.L Q1 2020 Interim Management Statement
Morses Club MCLM.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
Ocean Outdoor OOUT.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
Pebble Beach Systems Group PEB.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
Reckitt Benckiser RB.L Q1 2020 Trading Statement
Schroders SDR.L Q1 2020 Interim Management Statement
St. James's Place SJP.L Q1 2020 New Business Announcement
UP Global Sourcing Holdings UPGS.L Half Year 2020 Earnings Release
Verona Pharma VRP.L Q1 2020 Earnings Release
Westminster Group WSG.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
* 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
($1 = 0.8015 pounds)
(Reporting by Pushkala Aripaka in Bengaluru)
((Pushkala.A@thomsonreuters.com; Twitter: @pullthekart; within UK: +44 20 7542
1810, outside UK: +91 80 6182 2600; Mobile: +91 852 751 3793 ;))