Jan 23 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 9 points
lower at 7,563
on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers.
* BANKS: Britain's regulators should have a formal role after Brexit to keep
the financial sector globally competitive and less prone to "gold-plating"
international norms, an industry think tank said. * JOBS: British employers offered their staff a median annual pay settlement
of 2.2% in the three months to December, down from 2.6% in the three months to
November, industry data showed. * SHELL: Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas has signed a deal with French energy
group Total TOTF.PA for 1.5 million tonnes of LNG per year, the African
producer said on Wednesday. Nigeria LNG is a joint venture between the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation, Shell RDSa.L , Total and Eni ENI.MI .
* BREXIT: Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he did not expect
the European Union to offer Britain worse post-Brexit trade terms than it has
offered to other trading partners. * OIL: Oil prices fell to their lowest in seven weeks, sliding more than 1%
on concern that the spread of a respiratory virus from China may lower fuel
demand if it stunts economic growth in an echo of the SARS epidemic nearly 20
years ago. * GOLD: Gold prices edged lower as cautious investors awaited a policy
decision by the European Central Bank due later in the day, although mounting
concerns over a virus outbreak in China provided a floor under prices.
* No FTSE 100 .FTSE companies will go ex-dividend on Thursday.
* London's FTSE 100 recorded its longest losing streak since early December
as a strengthening in sterling triggered by strong manufacturing sentiment data
weighed on dollar earners, while travel group TUI slid on more Boeing woes.
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