UK Stocks-Factors to watch on March 26
26/03/2024 04:53
March 26 - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen
opening down on Tuesday, with futures FFIc1 down 0.3%.
* STANDARD CHARTERED: Standard Chartered STAN.L CEO Bill
Winters met with the head of China's foreign exchange regulator,
a month after the bank suspended new investments by its clients
in the country into offshore products via a quota-based channel.
* GOLD: Gold prices were stuck in a tight range as investor
focus turns to U.S. inflation data due later this week, which
could shed more light on the timing of the Federal Reserve's
first interest rate cut this year.
* OIL: Oil prices were on track to gain for a second
straight day after settling up more than a dollar on
expectations of tighter supply driven by Russian production cuts
and attacks on Russian refineries.
* FTSE: The UK's blue-chip FTSE 100 eased on Monday as
investors digested recent gains on dovish pivots from major
central banks, while Direct Line slumped as Belgian insurer
Ageas abandoned its buyout plans for the firm.
* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Ocado OCDO.L Q1 trading update
Bellway BWY.L HY results
Flutter Entertainment FLTRF.L FY results
888 Holdings 888.L FY results
Petershill Partners PHLL.L FY results
Wood Group WG.L FY results
Smiths Group SMIN.L HY results
A G Barr BAG.L FY results
Fevertree Drink FEVR.L FY results
YouGov YOU.L HY results
Wag Payment Solutions WPS.L FY results
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(Reporting by Prerna Bedi in Bengaluru)
((Prerna.Bedi@thomsonreuters.com; +91 98052 24616;))