UK Stocks-Factors to watch on July 30 (updated)

TransAlta Renewables

30/07/2021 07:43

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    July 30 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100  .FTSE  index is seen
opening lower on Friday, with futures  FFIc1  down 0.70%.
       
    * JUPITER FUND MANAGEMENT: Jupiter Fund Management  JUP.L 
posted a surge in half-year profit, with gross inflows and
assets under management touching record levels on strong
investor sentiment. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2P60Y3
    * NATWEST: NatWest  NWG.L  restored dividends and announced
a share buyback, rounding out a week of vastly improved earnings
for British banks. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2P623V
    * MORRISONS: Fortress Investment said Britain's competition
regulator has not opened an inquiry nor indicated in writing
that it was looking to do so in relation to the group's 6.3
billion pound bid for supermarket group Morrisons
 MRW.L . urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2P60E9
    * IAG: IAG  ICAG.L  said summer capacity would rise to 45%
from 22% in the previous quarter, in the latest sign that a
travel recovery is underway. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN001I2P
    * PEARSON: Pearson  PSON.L  reported a better than expected
rebound in first-half profit and a 17% jump in underlying sales
driven by demand for online learning. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN001I3J
    * BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL: Babcock International  BAB.L 
reported a bigger annual loss after taking charges and
impairments of 2 billion pounds following a review of its
contracts and balance sheet. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2P53CF
    * RIGHTMOVE: Rightmove  RMV.L  said it expected strong
market activity to continue for the rest of the year after its
half-year profit jumped above pre-pandemic levels. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2P61B6
    * GLENCORE: Glencore  GLEN.L  raised its expectations for
its trading division to the top end of guidance for the
year. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN001I3S
    * BHP: BHP Group Ltd  BHP.AX  said it would build two solar
farms and a battery storage system in partnership with Canada's
TransAlta Renewables Inc  RNW.TO  at its nickel project site in
Western Australia.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2P60AT
    * M&G: British money manager M&G  MNG.L  has added to the
voices criticising a proposed private equity takeover of British
supermarket chain Morrisons  MRW.L , saying it does not reflect
the true value of the company.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2P5205
    * SHELL: U.S. LNG developer Tellurian Inc  TELL.O  said on
Thursday it finalised agreements to sell LNG from its proposed
Driftwood export plant in Louisiana to a unit of oil major Royal
Dutch Shell  RDSa.L  .  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2P53SE
    * GOLD: Gold was set for its best week in more than two
months  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2P6034
    * OIL: Oil prices fell but were on track to post solid gains
for the week with demand growing faster than supply. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2P60AU
    * London's FTSE 100 ended higher on Thursday, as encouraging
earnings and huge dividend payouts from some of the UK's biggest
corporates helped support optimism around faster economic
growth.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2P51MY
    
    
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