UK Stocks-Factors to watch on August 14
Aug 14 (Reuters) -Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Wednesday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.3%.
* FLUTTER: Flutter FLTRF.L raised its full-year guidance after a much better than expected second quarter and said it has no plans "at this stage" to follow rival Draftkings DKNG.O in adding a surcharge to customers' winnings in high-tax U.S. states.
* OIL: Oil prices climbed on estimates about shrinking U.S. crude and gasoline inventories as the market watched for a possible widening of the Middle Eastern war, which could curtail global oil supplies.
* METALS: Prices of London base metals rose after soft U.S. producer prices data overnight bolstered rate-cut expectations and risk appetite.
* FTSE: UK stocks ended higher on Tuesday, helped by insurers' shares as investors looked to crucial inflation numbers at home and in the United States for direction on global interest rates, while Crest Nicholson lagged the mid-caps.
* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Balfour Beatty | BALF.L | HY Results |
Aviva | AV.L | HY Results |
Plus500 | PLUSP.L | HY Results |
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Reporting by Prerna Bedi in Bengaluru
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