UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Sept 15 (updated)
15/09/2022 07:51
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Sept 15 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen
opening higher with futures FFIc1 up 0.39% on Thursday.
* SHELL: Shell SHEL.L named Wael Sawan, its head of
integrated gas and renewables, as chief executive officer to
replace Ben van Beurden, who will be stepping down at the end of
this year. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N30M14N
* 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: Prices of London zinc were on track for their
sixth straight session of gains on Thursday, as rising energy
costs prompted smelters to close and fuelled worries about
supply disruptions. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N30M0A1
* 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
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(Reporting By Anchal Rana in Bengaluru)