UK Stocks-Factors to watch on April 10
10/04/2026 06:27
April 10 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Friday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.17%. * SHELL: Shell SHEL.L plans to begin natural gas output in 2027 from the Loran-Manatee offshore field, which crosses the border of Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, the chairman of Trinidad's National Gas Company, Gerald Ramdeen, told Reuters on Thursday. * AUTOMOBILES: Britain has awarded about 380 million pounds ($509.54 million) in funding to Agratas, the battery arm of India's Tata Group, to support the transition to zero-emission vehicles, the government-backed Advanced Propulsion Centre said on Thursday. * OIL: Oil prices climbed on Friday, driven by fresh anxiety over supplies from Saudi Arabia and as tanker traffic through the critical Strait of Hormuz remained largely frozen. * GOLD: Gold dipped as a firmer dollar and U.S.-Iran ceasefire uncertainty weighed, but the metal stayed on course for a third consecutive weekly climb. * METALS: Copper prices edged up and were on track for weekly gains, but doubts on whether the U.S.-Iran ceasefire would hold tempered the initial optimism on global growth, keeping a lid on metal prices. * FTSE: The UK's FTSE 100 edged lower, and mid-cap stocks posted a bigger fall on Thursday after recording their strongest session in months a day earlier, as oil prices rebounded on growing doubts over a fragile ceasefire in the Middle East conflict. * UK CORPORATE DIARY:
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