UK Stocks-Factors to watch on June 23 (updated)

Polymetal International PK

23/06/2022 07:36

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    June 23 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index  .FTSE  is seen
opening lower on Thursday, with futures  FFIc1  down 0.4%.
    
    * HEATHROW: London's Heathrow raised its passenger number
outlook on Thursday, thanks to stronger than expected demand as
travel picks up, saying it expects 54.4 million people to travel
through the airport in 2022.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2YA14M
    * 888: British online gambling firm 888  888.L  said on
Thursday it expects to report lower half-year revenue, dented by
the impact of additional safer gambling measures in some markets
and the temporary exit from the Netherlands.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2YA13W
    * BOOHOO: British online fashion retailer Boohoo  BOOH.L  on
Thursday named Trainline's  TRNT.L  chief financial officer
Shaun McCabe as its new finance chief.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nTUC3LWGHB
    * POLYMETAL: Russian gold and silver producer Polymetal
 POLYP.L  expects silver bullion to account for less than 5% of
2022 sales because of a lack of reliable export channels, it
said on Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2Y90TG
    * SHELL: Nigeria's Senate said on Wednesday it will
investigate oil company Shell Plc  SHEL.L  over alleged illegal
extensions of oil exploration leases and is seeking a refund of
$200 million which it said accrued over the period.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2Y9255
    * SAINSBURY: Proxy adviser Glass Lewis is recommending
Sainsbury's investors vote against a resolution at its annual
meeting calling for Britain's second-biggest supermarket group
to commit to paying the so-called real living wage to all its
workers by July 2023.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2Y95D2
    * ECONOMY: British government borrowing in May came in
higher than expected at just under 14.0 billion pounds, pushed
up in part by surging interest debt costs as inflation soared,
according to official data published on Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2YA0XF
    * UK shares fell on Wednesday after inflation in the country
touched a 40-year-high in May, adding further pressure on the
Bank of England to raise interest rates, while falling crude and
metals prices sent commodity-linked stocks tumbling.
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 (Reporting by Muhammed Husain in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi
Aich)
 ((Muhammed.husain@thomsonreuters.com))