UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Sept 26
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Sept 26 (Reuters) -Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Thursday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.7%.
* SCHRODERS: UK fund manager Schroders SDR.L said it had appointed a new finance chief and elevated its group investment chief to its board, the latest appointments as it seeks to reboot its performance.
* MITCHELLS & BUTLERS: UK's Mitchells & Butlers MAB.L reported a lower like-for-like sales growth rate in the fourth quarter, compared with the previous three quarters, partly hurt by an unseasonably wet summer period and disruptions caused by riots in August.
* PENNON: British water company Pennon PNN.L said lower customer demand hurt its first-half revenue and also flagged the situation to persist for its South West Water unit, offsetting an increase in water bills and its customer base.
* MORRISONS: British supermarket group Morrisons said it had signed a lease agreement involving 76 properties.
* JAGUAR LAND ROVER: British recycling firm Altilium and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will build and test battery cells made using recycled materials from old Jaguar i-Pace electric vehicles in a pilot project.
* THAMES WATER: S&P and Moody's slashed the credit rating of Thames Water with both firms warning that it was fast running out of money and on the brink of default.
* CAR PRODUCTION: British car productions fell for the sixth consecutive month in August, affected by summer shutdowns and factories prepping to switch to newer models, industry data showed.
* OIL: Oil prices were little changed on Thursday.
* GOLD: Gold edged up to hover near record highs.
* EX-DIVS: Barratt BDEV.L and Rightmove RMV.L will trade without entitlement to their latest dividend pay-outs on Thursday.
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Reporting by Prerna Bedi and DhanushVignesh Babu in Bengaluru; Editing by Sumana Nandy
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