UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Dec 7
07/12/2022 05:52
Dec 7 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening
higher on Wednesday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.43%.
* GSK: Drugmakers GSK Plc GSK.L , Pfizer Inc PFE.N , Sanofi SA SASY.PA
and Boehringer Ingelheim were spared thousands of U.S. lawsuits claiming that
the heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer.
* BT: Britain's CityFibre has filed a complaint to the competition regulator
against BT's Openreach.
* EASYJET: EasyJet EZJ.L averted a French cabin crew strike over the
Christmas holidays after it agreed to raise base pay by 7.5% while paying an
additional 3,000 euro bonus to staffers.
* PARTNERSHIP: The U.S. and Britain announced an energy partnership aimed at
sustaining a higher level of LNG exports to Britain.
* EMA: The EMA said its emergency task force has concluded that messenger
RNA bivalent COVID-19 vaccines may be used in previously unvaccinated children
and adults.
* NORTH SEA OIL: The British government should introduce a price floor to
mitigate the impact of its new windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas producers,
executives and industry sources say.
* OIL: Oil futures edged slightly higher on hopes for improved Chinese
demand while uncertainty about how a Western cap on Russian oil prices would
play out kept markets on edge.
* GOLD: Gold prices hemmed in a tight range as investors looked to gauge the
pace of rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
* METALS: Copper prices ticked down as the dollar strengthened amid a
darkened outlook for global economic growth.
* FTSE: London's main stock indexes fell on Tuesday, tracking a weak session
on Wall Street on fears about aggressive rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.
* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Mitchells & Butlers MAB.L FY results
QUIZ Plc QUIZ.L HY results
Moonpig MOONM.L HY results
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(Reporting by Prerna Bedi in Bengaluru)
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