UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Jan 26 (updated)
26/01/2024 07:50
(Updates futures, adds news items)
Jan 26 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index .FTSE is
expected to open higher on Friday, with futures FFIc1 up
0.43%.
* WICKES: Wickes Group WIX.L on Friday said it expects
annual profit to be at the upper end of market expectations.
* SAGA: British holiday group Saga SAGA.L said it was
exploring options for its cruise division, including a
partnership arrangement.
* SUPERDRY: Britain's Superdry SDRY.L said it does not
expect market conditions to improve in the near term after a
tough Christmas season, and added that Chief Financial Officer
Shaun Wills will leave the company by the end of March.
* WH SMITH: British airport retailer WH Smith SMWH.L
reported an 8% rise in total revenues for the 20-week period to
Jan. 20.
* HALEON: Haleon HLN.L is recalling some lots of its adult
cough syrup Robitussin because of microbial contamination, the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said.
* BP: Norway's Equinor EQNR.OL said on Thursday it had
entered an agreement with BP BP.L to independently pursue
separate wind projects under its bid for New York's offshore
wind auctions.
* ELEMENTIS: Elementis ELM.L shareholder Franklin Mutual
Advisers has urged the board of the British chemicals company to
"initiate a sales process immediately" following the news it had
rejected another takeover approach, a letter obtained by Reuters
showed.
* STRIKES: Senior doctors in England have voted to reject a
pay deal, their trade union, the British Medical Association
said.
* METAL: Base metals prices moved largely mixed on Friday.
* GOLD: Gold prices edged higher on Friday.
* OIL: Oil prices eased on Friday.
* FTSE 100: Britain's benchmark index was muted on Thursday.
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(Reporting by Hani Kollathodi in Bengaluru)
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