UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Sept. 11
Sept 11 (Reuters) -Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening lower on Wednesday, with futures down 0.19%.
* RIGHTMOVE:Australian property listing firm REA Group REA.AX said on Wednesday that Britain's largest real estate portal Rightmove RMV.L had rejected its 5.6 billion pounds ($7.33 billion) cash-and-stock takeover offer.
* BP:Oil major BP BP.L on Tuesday said it is evacuating its onshore learning and maintenance facilities in Schriever, Louisiana, ahead of storm Francine.
* SHELL:Shell SHEL.L plans to run the 233,702 barrel-per-day (bpd) Norco, Louisiana refinery at full rates through Tropical Storm Francine, two people familiar with plant operations said on Tuesday.
* OIL:Crude prices bounced on Wednesday as concerns about Tropical Storm Francine disrupting supply of oil outweighed worries about demand.
* GOLD:Gold prices steadied, as investors keenly awaited the U.S. inflation data for hints on the size of the Federal Reserve's potential interest rate cut next week.
* METALS:Copper prices found support from a softer U.S. dollar and optimism surrounding a likely interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve this month, although subdued demand outlook in top consumer China partially weighed on the market.
* London's FTSE 100 ended lower on Tuesday, led by a sell-off in healthcare and energy shares, while cooling wage growth in the UK cemented bets for further interest rate cuts by the Bank of England.
* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
WH Smith | SMWH.L | Trading update |
Dunelm | DNLM.L | FY results |
Energean | ENOG.L | FY results |
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Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar in Bengaluru;
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