UK Stocks-Factors to watch on April 25 (updated)

Polymetal International PK

25/04/2022 07:46

(Adds news items)
    April 25 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index  .FTSE  is
seen opening lower on Monday, with futures  FFIc1  down 1.75%.
    
    * POLYMETAL: Russian gold and silver producer Polymetal
 POLYP.L  said that its first-quarter revenue grew by 4% year on
year to $616 million due to higher gold prices.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR4N2WA01B
    * BRITISH LAND: UK commercial landlord British Land  BLND.L 
said it had sold 75% stake in most of its Paddington Central
assets in London to Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC for
694 million pounds ($885.9 million).  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2WN16J
    * ASDA: Against a backdrop of soaring inflation in Britain's
food retail sector, supermarket group Asda said it would invest
more than 73 million pounds ($93.4 million) to keep the prices
of essential items low this year.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL9N2T601R
    * CITY OF LONDON: Recent reforms need to be strengthened to
help change a perception that London is a "laundromat" for dirty
money, the leader of the British capital's financial district
said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2WK4ZK
    * EMA: Valneva  VLS.PA  said the European Medicines Agency
had sought more details over its COVID-19 vaccine candidate,
dealing another potential setback to the French vaccines
company.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2WN083
    * MORRISONS: Against a backdrop of soaring inflation in
Britain's food retail sector, supermarket group Morrisons said
it was reducing prices on over 500 products.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2WM06W
    * ANGLO AMERICAN: A Chilean environmental regulator has
recommended that global miner Anglo American's  AAL.L  Los
Bronces copper project not be granted an extension permit
involving a planned $3.3 billion investment, the company said.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2WL06C
    * FRASERS: The partner of Mike Ashley's daughter will get a
20.9 million pound ($26.9 million) payment for consultancy
services to the billionaire's Frasers Group  FRAS.L , before
taking the helm of the retail empire next month.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2WK52T
    * GAZPROMBANK: Britain will allow payments to Gazprombank
and its subsidiaries for gas going to European Union countries
until the end of May, a Treasury document showed.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2WK09X
    * FTSE 100: UK shares fell on Friday as the growing prospect
of aggressive monetary policy tightening coupled with a sharp
drop in retail sales in the country prompted concerns about
economic growth.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2WK1FU

    * 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 

 (Reporting by Amna Karimi in Bengaluru;
Editing by Vinay Dwivedi)
 ((amna.karimi@thomsonreuters.com))