Gold prices steady ahead of Fed decision; weekly weakness noted
March 12 - Britain's FTSE 100 index .FTSE is seen opening down 347 points
on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers.
* LONDON STABBING: British police said four boys sustained injuries in a
stabbing incident in Walthamstow, northeast London late on Wednesday.
* TRAVEL CURB: U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered travel from
Europe to the United States restricted for 30 days, responding to mounting
pressure to take action against a rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak
disrupting nearly all corners of U.S. daily life. * RIO TINTO: Rio Tinto Ltd RIO.AX , RIO.L will pay out part of a delayed
bonus to former Chief Executive Sam Walsh after a dispute resolution process
found that the payments should not be held up, both parties said on Thursday.
* EUROPEAN BANKS: Europe's banks have called on European Union authorities
to ease capital rules and other regulatory barriers to helping businesses
struggling because of the coronavirus epidemic. * OIL: Oil prices sank again on Thursday along with the broader market after
the United States banned travel from Europe following a World Health
Organization declaration that the coronavirus outbreak is now a pandemic.
* GOLD: Gold inched up on Thursday on worries about the economic impact of
the coronavirus outbreak as the United States suspended travel from virus-hit
Europe, although gains were capped as traders covered margin calls after a
plunge in equities. * EX-DIVS: Anglo American AAL.L , CRH CRH.L and Land Securities LAND.L
will trade without entitlement to its latest dividend payout on Thursday,
trimming 3.8 points off the FTSE 100 according to Reuters calculations.
* The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed down 1.6% on Wednesday as investors
doubted whether a Bank of England rate cut and a 30 billion-pound ($39 billion)
economic stimulus plan would be enough to counter the shock from the coronavirus
outbreak. UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Helios Towers HTWS.L Full Year 2019 Helios Towers PLC
PLC Earnings Release
Bodycote PLC BOY.L Full Year 2019 Bodycote PLC Earnings
Release
Go-Ahead Group GOG.L Half Year 2020 Go-Ahead Group PLC
PLC Earnings Release
Savills PLC SVS.L Full Year 2019 Savills PLC Earnings
Release
Brooks BRK.L Half Year 2020 Brooks Macdonald Group
Macdonald Group PLC Earnings Release
Knot Offshore KNOP.N Q4 2019 Knot Offshore Partners LP
Partners LP Earnings Release
Computacenter CCC.L Full Year 2019 Computacenter PLC
PLC Earnings Release
Marshalls PLC MSLH.L Full Year 2019 Marshalls PLC Earnings
Release
Tullow Oil PLC TLW.L Full Year 2019 Tullow Oil PLC Earnings
Release
Intu Properties INTUP.L Full Year 2019 Intu Properties PLC
PLC Earnings Release
Just Group PLC JUSTJ.L Full Year 2019 Just Group PLC Earnings
Release
Galliford Try GFRD.L Half Year 2020 Galliford Try PLC
Holdings PLC Earnings Release
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