UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Oct. 3

Stolt-Nielsen

03/10/2019 06:58

Oct 3 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 Index Futures  .FFIC1  are down 0.4% at
7,062.5 points on Thursday, ahead of cash market open.
    * BP: A contract worker died after falling from a scaffold at company's
 BP.L  430,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Whiting, Indiana, refinery on Wednesday, a
source familiar with the accident said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N26N1C5    
    * GLENCORE: Glencore  GLEN.L  warehouse unit Access World was mostly to
blame for $32 million of losses from a complex metals fraud, but broker Marex
Spectron will have pay most of the bill to French bank Natixis  CNAT.PA , a UK
judge ruled on Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N26N2C2
    * PREMIER OIL: A consortium led by Talos Energy  TALO.N  and Premier Oil
 PMO.L  has given up a Mexican oil contract in the Gulf of Mexico's shallow
waters due to lack of commercial discovery, three sources with knowledge of the
matter told Reuters on Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N26N14X    
    * ROYAL DUTCH SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell Plc  RDSa.L  began the restart of the
hydrocracker at its 225,300 barrel per day (bpd) Norco, Louisiana, refinery on
Wednesday, said sources familiar with plant operations. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N26N1QP  
    * GOLD: Gold prices extended their gains on Thursday as weaker-than-expected
U.S. jobs data reinforced global economic slowdown fears and raised expectations
of further monetary policy easing by the U.S. Federal Reserve. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26O08D
    * OIL: Oil futures rebounded on Thursday, reversing losses earlier in the
day, as fears over the worsening global economic outlook that hit prices hard in
the previous session gave way to modest hopes for progress in resolving the
U.S.-China trade war. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26O0C6    
    * EX-DIVS: British American Tobacco  BATS.L , British Land Company  BLND.L ,
Kingfisher  KGF.L , Rightmove  RMV.L , DS Smith  SMDS.L , Smith & Nephew  SN.L 
, Taylor Wimpey  TW.L  and WPP  WPP.L  will trade without entitlement to its
latest dividend pay-out on Thursday, trimming 7.8 points off the FTSE 100
according to Reuters calculations.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N26L22I    
    * The UK blue chip index closed down 3.2% lower on Wednesday as an overhang
from weak U.S. manufacturing data rekindled global growth worries and cast a
shadow over markets, while investors scrambled for more clarity as Brexit
looms. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26N1NG
    
    * UK CORPORATE DIARY:   
 Stolt-Nielsen Ltd                      SNI.OL   Q3 2019 Earnings Release
 Newmark Security PLC                   NWMS.L   Full Year 2019 Earnings
                                                 Release
 Strategic Equity Capital PLC           SEC.L    Full Year 2019 Earnings
                                                 Release
 Rosslyn Data Technologies PLC          RDTR.L   Full Year 2019 Earnings
                                                 Release
 Pacific Horizon Investment Trust PLC   PHI.L    Full Year 2019 Earnings
                                                 Release
 ICG Enterprise Trust PLC               ICGT.L   Half Year 2020 Earnings
                                                 Release
 Photo-Me International PLC             PHTM.L   Trading Statement Release
 CMC Markets PLC                        CMCX.L   Q2 2020 Pre-Close Trading
                                                 Update Release
                                                 
 Ted Baker                              TED.L    HY Results
 Hyyve Group                            HYVE.L   Q4 Trading Update
 
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 (Reporting By Aniruddha Ghosh in Bengaluru)
 ((Aniruddha.ghosh@thomsonreuters.com))