Sept 15 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen
opening higher with futures FFIc1 up 0.37% on Thursday.
* SHELL: New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) Ltd NZO.NZ said it
had signed a one-year deal with Shell's SHEL.L Australian unit
to deliver 0.64 petajoules (PJ) of gas from its Mereenie gas
field starting 2025 for supply into the Australian east coast
domestic market. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N30L3R1
* REAL ESTATE: British house prices leapt in July by 15.5%
in annual terms, the biggest increase since May 2003, reflecting
how prices in the same month last year were hit by the end of a
tax break for home-buyers, the Office for National Statistics
said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N2ZY03U
* ENERGY: The European Union's securities watchdog will set
out temporary market fixes by Sept. 22 to ease a liquidity
crunch faced by energy firms, the bloc's executive body said
onWednesday, as the prospect of winter fuel rationing, company
insolvencies and recession loomed. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N30L11P
* OIL: Oil prices edged higher as the market balanced weak
demand with supply disruption amid a looming rail stoppage in
the United States, the world's biggest crude
consumer. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N30M03K
* GOLD: Gold prices slipped to a two-week low, as a stronger
U.S. dollar and expectations of big interest rate hikes from the
Federal Reserve diminished the metal's appeal. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N30M04B
* METALS: London zinc prices extended gains to a sixth
straight session, as worries about supply disruptions kept
prices elevated. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N30M05X
* Britain's main stock indexes fell on Wednesday after a
surprise fall in consumer prices did little to calm speculation
of a large interest rate hike from the Bank of England next
week. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N30L1LN
* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Kier Group KIE.L FY Results
Regional REIT RGLR.L HY Results
IGas IGAS.L HY Results
Checkit CKT.L HY Results
Oxford Biomedica OXB.L HY Results
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(Reporting By Anchal Rana in Bengaluru)