March 9 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening open 7
points lower at 6,713 on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers.
* BP: BP plc BP.L has stopped importing oil for its refinery in Western
Australia, the country's largest, and is on track to decommission the plant by
the end of March, a spokesman said. * ASTRAZENECA: Indonesia has approved AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN)'s AZN.L COVID-19 vaccine
for emergency use, Penny K. Lukito, the chief of the country's food and drug
agency, told a news conference. * UNILEVER: Unilever ULVR.L will remove the word "normal" from its beauty
and personal care products, as well as stop digital alterations of body shapes
and skin colour of models used in its advertising in a push to be more
inclusive. * ECONOMY: British consumers cut back heavily on spending as they spent a
second month in a COVID-19 lockdown in February but confidence in the economy
hit a 12-month high, payment card firm Barclaycard said. * GOLD: Gold prices edged higher as a pullback in U.S. Treasury yields added
some lustre to the bullion after it hit a nine-month low in the previous
session. * OIL: Oil prices rose on expectations of a recovery in the global economy
after the U.S. Senate approved a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill. * The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed 1.3% higher on Monday, led by gains
in banks and mining stocks as optimism around a swifter economic recovery and
the easing of a stringent lockdown lifted spirits. UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Cairn Energy CNE.L FY results
Capital & Counties Properties CAPCC.L FY results
Gamesys Group GYS.L FY results
IWG IWG.L FY results
TP ICAP TCAPI.L FY results
Standard Life Aberdeen SLA.L FY results
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