March 11 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 39
points on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers.
* LOOKERS: British car dealership Lookers LOOK.L said on Tuesday it had
identified potentially fraudulent transactions in one of its operating divisions
and postponed its annual results until the second half of April. * BARCLAYS: Barclays Plc BARC.L has told employees that a member of its
trading staff in its Manhattan office has tested positive for the coronavirus,
the company said on Tuesday. * FINANCIAL FIRMS: Banks and other large financial companies in major cities
across the world ramped up their emergency measures to combat the spread of the
coronavirus on Tuesday, with Barclays Plc BARC.L and BlackRock Inc BLK.N
confirming one case in their New York offices. * OIL: Oil prices climbed for a second day on Wednesday as hopes U.S.
producers would cut output lent support, but gains were capped by growing doubts
about Washington's stimulus package to fight the coronavirus, which continues to
spread globally. * GOLD: Gold prices rose on Wednesday after a steep fall in the previous
session, as doubts about a stimulus package proposed by U.S. President Donald
Trump to soften the economic impact of the coronavirus epidemic weighed on risk
sentiment. * The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed down 0.1% on Tuesday as optimism
around stimulus measures by major central banks was overshadowed by heightened
coronavirus fears in Sweden. UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Spirax-Sarc SPX.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
Engineering
Pharos PHARP.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
Energy
Quilter QLT.L Full Year Results
Kin and KCT.L Half Year 2020 PLC Earnings Release
Carta
Advanced AMSU.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
Medical
Solutions
Group
Lookers LOOK.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
IP Group IPO.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
Dignity DTY.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
G4S GFS.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
Balfour BALF.L Full Year Earnings Release
Beatty
FirstGroup FGP.L Winter Trading Statement Release
Prudential PRU.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
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