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* FTSE 100, FTSE 250 flat
* Brexit deal vote on agenda
* Shell lower after Q4 update
Dec 20 (Reuters) - UK shares held steady on Friday as
trading began to wind down ahead of Christmas and investors
awaited a parliamentary vote on the Brexit deal, while Shell
dipped after it forecast $2.3 billion in impairment charges for
its latest quarter.
The FTSE 100 .FTSE and the FTSE 250 .FTMC were roughly
flat by 0810 GMT. With major events such as a 'phase one'
U.S.-China trade deal and the British election done, the vote on
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's divorce deal is set to take
centre stage.
With a clear majority in parliament, the deal - which now
includes a provision for a hard, December 2020 deadline to reach
a trade agreement with the European Union - is expected to be
ratified without any major hiccups.
Shell RDSa.L gave up 1%, the most notable move in early
deals, as the oil major also trimmed its forecast for quarterly
oil production sales.