UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Jan 20 (updated)
20/01/2025 07:41
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Jan 20 - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen
opening lower on Monday, with futures FFIc1 down 0.22%.
* ENTAIN: Britain's accounting watchdog has started an
investigation into the audit conducted by KPMG of the financials
of bookmaker Entain ENT.L for the year ended December 2022, it
said.
* REACH: Reach RCH.L , the publisher of the Daily Mirror,
said it expects fiscal year 2024 operating profit to beat market
expectations, helped by a strong fourth quarter.
* POD POINT: Electric vehicle charging provider Pod
Point Group PODP.L lowered its full-year revenue forecast, due
to the ongoing weakness in demand for EVs.
* BARCLAYS: British investment bank Barclays BARC.L said
on Monday it has appointed former Goldman Sachs banker Paul
Johnson as head of equities for Asia Pacific.
* UK HOME AVERAGE ASKING PRICES: Average asking prices for
newly-listed homes in Britain had their biggest
start-of-the-year increase since 2020, but uncertainty about the
pace of interest rate cuts is hanging over the market, property
website Rightmove said.
* BP: BP, which operates the Shah Deniz gas and condensate
field development project in Azerbaijan, said on Sunday it has
restarted production at the Shah Deniz Alpha gas platform in
Azerbaijan as of late Saturday.
* BANCO SANTANDER: Banco Santander SAN.MC is reviewing its
presence in Britain, a person familiar with the matter said, two
decades after its acquisition of Abbey National made it a major
player on the country's high streets.
* OIL: Oil prices were little changed on Monday.
* METALS: Most base metals declined.
* GOLD: Gold cut early losses.
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(Reporting by DhanushVignesh Babu in Bengaluru)
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