Dec 30 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE futures were down 0.11% ahead
of the cash market open.
* VODAFONE: Vodafone's VOD.L broadband services joint venture with
Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Ltd HTA.AX has partnered with Nokia
NOKIA.HE to roll out 5G services in Australia, the companies said on Monday.
* DOMINO'S PIZZA: Domino's Pizza Group DOM.L said on Friday its Chief
Financial Officer (CFO) David Bauernfeind had died in a snorkelling accident on
Dec. 26 while on holiday, and an announcement about his successor would be made
in due course. * SMITH'S GROUP: Smiths Group Plc's SMIN.L Chief Executive Andy Reynolds
Smith will likely step down next year after a demerger of its medical unit, the
Sunday Times reported. * HONG KONG: Hong Kong will end 2019 with multiple protests planned for New
Year's Eve and New Year's Day aimed at disrupting festivities and shopping in
the Asian financial hub, which has seen a rise in clashes between police and
protesters since Christmas. * OIL: Oil prices hovered around three-month highs on Monday following a
higher-than-expected crude inventory drawdown and optimism over an expected
U.S-China trade deal, while traders kept a close eye on Middle East unrest.
* GOLD: Gold prices rose to their highest in more than two months on Monday
in thin year-end trading as the dollar dipped and U.S. military strikes in the
Middle East drove investors towards the safe-haven metal. * The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed up 0.2% on Friday, supported by a
near 2% rise in Glencore GLEN.L and 1% rise in BP BP.L , as returning from
their Christmas and Boxing Day break, traders hailed comments from Beijing and
Washington that signalled official ratification of an initial trade deal was
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