UK Stocks-Factors to watch on October 13 (updated)
13/10/2025 07:56
Adds new items, updates futures Oct 13 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Monday, with futuresFFIc1 up 0.08%. * LLOYDS: Lloyds Banking Group LLOY.L said on Monday it will take an additional charge of 800 million pounds ($1.07 billion), bringing the total impact from the UK motor finance mis-selling scandal to 1.95 billion pounds. * SHAWBROOK: British lender Shawbrook plans to raise 50 million pounds from the issue of new shares in its London initial public offering, the company said on Monday. * SERICA ENERGY: Serica Energy SQZ.L said on Monday it will acquire BP's BP.L stake in some North Sea assets for $232 million, including a share in the UK's largest producing gas field. * ASTRAZENECA: U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a deal with AstraZeneca AZN.L on Friday under which the company will sell some medicines at a discount to the government's Medicaid health plan in exchange for tariff relief. * LEGAL & GENERAL: Legal & General LGEN.L said on Monday its Chair John Kingman would step down from his role, with Scott Wheway replacing him. * SHELL: Moeve has become the first external supplier of sustainable aviation fuel to join Shell's SHEL.L blockchain-based platform for scaling SAF use, the oil major told Reuters after a deal was signed. * OIL: Oil prices rose on Monday, as investors hoped potential talks between the presidents of the U.S. and China could ease trade tensions. * GOLD: Gold soared to a record high on Monday, lifted by safe-haven demand amid renewed U.S.-China trade tensions and expectations of U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. * METALS: Shanghai copper tumbled on Monday amid an escalation of trade tension between China and the U.S. * For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: LIVE/ TODAY'S UK PAPERS > Financial Times PRESS/FT > Other business headlines PRESS/GB ($1 = 0.7486 pounds) (Compiled by Ankita Bora and Simone Lobo in Bengaluru) ((Ankita.Bora@thomsonreuters.com))