March 6 - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening down 114 point on
Friday, according to financial bookmakers.
* VIRGIN MEDIA: Virgin Media, owned by Liberty Global LBTYA.O , on Thursday
reported a breach that allowed unauthorised access to the cable company's
database that contained personal information of about 900,000 customers.
* BREXIT: Britain's government has spent at least 4.4 billion pounds ($5.6
billion) of taxpayers' money on preparations to leave the European Union, the
public spending watchdog said on Friday, in the first detailed estimate of the
cost of Brexit. * COVID-19: Health authorities in Ireland reported the first community
transmission of coronavirus not associated with travel from an affected area of
Italy on Thursday as the number of cases rose to 13 from six a day earlier.
* UK EMPLOYERS: British employers' demand for staff accelerated in February,
with a job vacancy index seeing the biggest monthly jump in more than six years,
a survey of recruiters showed on Friday. * OIL: Oil slid nearly 1% on Friday as worries about global oil demand and
economic growth slowdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak were heightened by
concern over non-OPEC crude producers not yet having agreed to cut output
further to support prices. * GOLD: Gold prices held steady on Friday but were on track to post their
biggest weekly gain since February 2016 over fears that the global coronavirus
outbreak could deal a hard blow to the world economy. * The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed down 1.6% on Thursday with investors
spooked by concerns over global economic growth as more businesses were bruised
by the coronavirus outbreak. UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Redde Northgate REDD.L Q3 2020 trading statement release
Network International NETW.L Full year 2019 earnings release
Holdings
NMC Health NMC.L Q4 2019 earnings release
Phoenix Group Holdings PHNX.L Full year 2019 earnings release
SIG SHI.L Full year 2019 earnings release
Murray International MYI.L Full year 2019 earnings release
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