Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 15 points higher at 6,258 on
Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers.
* WILLIAM HILL: British bookmaker William Hill WMH.L on Tuesday launched
an issue of shares worth up to 20% of its share capital. * ASSET MANAGERS: Six asset managers including M&G MNG.L and Legal &
General LGEN.L said they were keeping property funds totalling more than $7.5
billion in assets frozen. * BARCLAYS: A senior British bank lobbyist has resigned over comments he
made in 2008 about businesswoman Amanda Staveley, who arranged billions of
pounds of rescue financing for Barclays BARC.L . * OIL: Oil prices fell on Wednesday as data showed an increase in U.S. crude
and fuel inventories. * GOLD: Gold prices eased on Wednesday on hopes of a potential COVID-19 drug
and a stronger U.S. dollar. * METAL: London copper prices rose on Wednesday on hopes for higher demand
as the U.S. economy showed signs of a recovery. * The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed 2.9% higher on Tuesday as
expectations of further stimulus from the Bank of England and a report that
Washington was preparing a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure proposal helped
build on gains.
* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Boohoo Group PLC BOOH.L Q1 Trading Stmt Release
SSE PLC SSE.L FY Earnings Release
Kingfisher PLC KGF.L FY Earnings Release
Domino's Pizza Group PLC DOM.L Trading Stmt Release
Berkeley Group Holdings BKGH.L FY results
De La Rue DLAR.L FY results
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