UK Stocks-Factors to watch on April 28 (updated)
28/04/2026 07:57
Adds news items, updates futures April 28 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening lower on Tuesday, with futures FFIc1 down 0.07%. * BP: BP BP.L posted a first-quarter underlying replacement cost profit of $3.2 billion, compared with expectations of $2.67 billion. * BARCLAYS: Barclays BARC.L reported first-quarter profit in line with expectations, as a 200 million pound ($270 million) provision for a loss to a single company exposure was counterbalanced. * FERREXPO: Ferrexpo FXPO.L said its shares would be suspended from trading from May 1. * COCA-COLA EUROPACIFIC PARTNERS: Coca-Cola Europacific Partners CCEPC.L reported a 9.4% rise in first-quarter comparable revenue and reaffirmed its full-year outlook. * WPP: WPP WPP.L said events in the Middle East had hit its business in the region in the first quarter and were causing near-term uncertainty for its clients, but it retained its guidance for the full year. * TRAVIS PERKINS: Travis Perkins TPK.L reported a 1.7% fall in first quarter like-for-like sales. * TAYLOR WIMPEY: Taylor Wimpey TW.L raised its build cost inflation expectations for 2026 as rising energy costs stemming from the Middle East conflict pressure it. * TULLOW OIL: Tullow Oil TLW.L posted an 87% slump in annual profit on Tuesday. * HOWDEN JOINERY: Howden Joinery HWDN.L reported a 3.7% rise in underlying group revenue for the first quarter. * ANGLO AMERICAN: Anglo American AAL.L posted a 1% rise in first-quarter copper production. * INEFFABLE INTELLIGENCE: UK-based Ineffable Intelligence, has raised $1.1 billion in a seed funding round. * BUDGET: British finance minister Rachel Reeves should explicitly aim to bring public debt below its current level within the next three years, a parliament committee said. * SHOP PRICES: Easter promotions on chocolate eggs, home renovation materials and clothing helped lower shop price inflation in April, a survey showed. * MOTOR FINANCE: A British consumer group said it had filed a legal challenge to a 9.1 billion-pound ($12.32 billion) redress scheme to compensate motorists for mis-sold motor finance. * INFLATION: Britons' short-term and long-term inflation expectations fell in April, in a surprise reading from a monthly survey by YouGov for U.S. bank Citi. * COMMODITIES: Oil prices rose nearly 1%, while gold fell to a three-week low and aluminium prices slid. * 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 (Compiled by Roshni Srivastava in Bengaluru) ((roshni.srivastava@thomsonreuters.com))