Feb 3 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 15 points
higher at 6,531 on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers.
* VODAFONE: Vodafone VOD.L plans to float Vantage Towers, its European
mobile phone masts business, on the Frankfurt stock exchange in March in a share
offering worth about 3 billion euros, three people close to the matter
said. * ASTRAZENECA: Oxford University and AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine showed
in a study it had 76% efficacy against symptomatic infection for three months
after a single dose, which increased if the second shot is delayed, backing
Britain's vaccine rollout policy. * BHP: Lawyers for about 200,000 Brazilian claimants, whose multi-billion
dollar lawsuit against miner BHP BHPB.L , BHP.AX over a 2015 dam collapse was
struck down last November, said they will petition the English Court of Appeal
to review the case. * HUUUGE: Mobile games developer Huuuge Inc's initial public offering is now
expected to be higher at about $442 million as shares are indicated to be priced
at the upper end of an anticipated range, bookrunners organising the floatation
said on Tuesday. * STATE AID: Britain wants to establish a more flexible system of subsidy
rules than those in place when it was a member of the European Union, business
minister Kwasi Kwarteng said. * SILVER: Silver prices rebounded after an over 8% plunge in the previous
session prompted investors to buy in. * OIL: Oil prices rose in Asia after hitting their highest in about a year
in the previous session. * The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed 0.8% higher on Tuesday following
optimism about economic stimulus and a faster global recovery, while oil
manufacturing major BP BP.L dropped after reporting weak earnings. UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Glencore Plc GLEN.L Q4 report
GlaxoSmithKline Plc GSK.L Q4 results
Frontier Developments Plc FDEV.L HY results
Vodafone Group Plc VOD.L Trading Statement
* For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on:
LIVE/
TODAY'S UK PAPERS
> Financial Times PRESS/FT
> Other business headlines PRESS/GB