UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Dec 8 (updated)

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08/12/2021 07:56

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    Dec 8 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100  .FTSE  index is seen
opening 9 points lower on Wednesday, with futures  FFIc1  down
0.2% according to financial bookmakers. 
   
    * MAN GROUP: Man Group  EMG.L  announces that it intends to
buy back shares up to a value of $250 million.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2ST17T
    * SSP: Upper Crust owner SSP Group  SSPG.L  reported a
bigger annual loss due to pandemic restrictions.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ST1V7
    * TAYLOR WIMPEY: Taylor Wimpey  TW.L  Chief Executive
Officer Pete Redfern will step down from his role after spending
more than 14 years at the helm, the British homebuilder said.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ST1VL
    * CENTAMIN: Miner Centamin  CEY.L  said a review into the
Sukari mine, its single commercially producing gold mine in
Egypt, showed its largest reserve growth in a decade.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ST1Q1
    * STAGECOACH: Stagecoach  SGC.L  reported a jump in
first-half profit, boosted by lifting of curbs and reopening of
educational institutes and workplaces, although passenger
numbers still trailed 2019 levels.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ST1VU
    * BERKELEY: Berkeley Group  BKGH.L  raised its annual profit
outlook after sales recovered to pre-pandemic levels as strong
demand in an under-supplied UK housing market helped the British
homebuilder post higher interim profit.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ST1VU
    * CLINIGEN: Britain's Clinigen Group  CLINC.L  has agreed to
a buyout by UK-based private-equity firm Triton Investment
Management in a deal that values the pharmaceutical services
firm at about 1.2 billion pounds, the companies said.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ST1VO
    * WOODSIDE-BHP MERGER: Woodside Petroleum  WPL.AX  is
confident that its shareholders will vote in favour of the
planned merger with BHP Group's  BHP.AX  petroleum arm in 2022,
its chief executive said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nM0N285025 
    * EU RULES: Uber  UBER.N , Deliveroo  ROO.L  and other
online platform companies may have to reclassify some of their
workers as employees under draft European Union rules meant to
boost their social rights, according to an EU document seen by
Reuters.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2SR50S
    * BP: Oil and gas major BP Plc  BP.L  said it had bought
U.S. electric vehicle charging provider AMPLY Power for an
undisclosed sum, stepping up efforts to cut emissions and focus
on cleaner energy.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2SS3JB
    * OIL: Oil prices edged lower, reversing gains from earlier
the week, as investors tried to assess the full impact of the
Omicron coronavirus variant on global fuel demand and the
effectiveness of existing vaccines.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2ST031
    * UK's FTSE 100 rose to a three-week highs on Tuesday,
boosted by mining stocks and positive earnings outlooks, with
global markets taking relief from receding concerns about the
Omicron variant of the coronavirus.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2SS2BM
    
                
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 (Reporting By Amna Karimi in Bengaluru)
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