UK Stocks-Factors to watch on December 8 (updated)
08/12/2025 07:54
Updates futures, adds new items Dec 8 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening little changed on Monday, with futures FFIc1 down 0.02%. * SMITH & NEPHEW: Smith & Nephew SN.L raised its 2025 free cash flow forecast to around $800 million and unveiled new medium-term targets ahead of its Capital Markets Day Event on Monday. * ANGLO AMERICAN: Anglo American AAL.L said it had withdrawn a proposal to change executive directors' bonus awards from a shareholder vote on its merger with Teck Resources TECKb.TO, after investors raised concerns about the policy. * HARBOUR ENERGY: Harbour Energy HBR.L agreed to sell its operated interests in the producing Natuna Sea Block A field and the Tuna development project in Indonesia to oil and gas firm Prime Group for $215 million. * BARCLAYS: Barclays BARC.L has been exploring a potential acquisition of Evelyn Partners, one of Britain's largest wealth managers, and is expected to place a bid next week, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. * MAGNUM ICE CREAM COMPANY: The Magnum Ice Cream Company's MICC.N reference price was set at 12.80 euros ($14.89) per share for its stock market debut on Monday, Euronext said in a notice. * BEN & JERRY'S: The chair of Ben & Jerry's independent board said she has no plans to resign as Unilever ULVR.L pressures her ahead of Monday's public spinoff of its Magnum ice cream division, which will include the Vermont-based brand. * TRUSTPILOT: Global review platform Trustpilot TRST.L said it rejected allegations made by short-seller Grizzly Research in a report, and that it is considering all appropriate options in response to what it called "demonstrably false" statements. * JOB MARKET: Britain's jobs market remained weak last month in the run-up to finance minister Rachel Reeves' budget on November 26 as employers worried about possible new tax increases, an industry report showed. * COMMODITIES: Gold nudged higher supported by a softer dollar, while oil prices hovered at two-week highs as investors expect a likely U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate cut this week, and copper set a record high. * 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 (Reporting by Prerna Bedi and Neeshita Beura in Bengaluru) ((Prerna.Bedi@thomsonreuters.com; +91 98052 24616;))