(Corrects to 5,849 points from 584 in first paragraph)
Sept 24 - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 50 points lower
at 5,849 on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers.
* ASTRAZENECA: AstraZeneca AZN.L said that it has no involvement in a
planned clinical trial where volunteers would be given an experimental vaccine
and then be deliberately infected with the new coronavirus, as reported by the
Financial Times. * TESCO: There is no need for Britons to panic buy groceries after the
government imposed new restrictions to stem a second wave of COVID-19, the boss
of Tesco TSCO.L , the UK's biggest supermarket chain, said on Wednesday.
* GOLD: Gold fell on Thursday to its lowest level in more than two months,
crippled by a robust dollar, while investors fretted over uncertainties
surrounding further stimulus measures to support a sluggish economic recovery in
the United States. * OIL: Oil futures fell on Thursday on concerns the economic recovery in the
United States, the world's biggest oil consumer, is slowing as the coronavirus
outbreak lingers and a resurgence in European cases led to new travel
restrictions there. * The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed up 1.2% on Wednesday, after Prime
Minister Boris Johnson said the government had a "massive" package to protect
jobs, offsetting concerns over new restrictions brought in to curb a resurgence
in COVID-19 cases. UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Smiths Group Plc SMIN.L FY results
Go-Ahead Group Plc GOG.L FY results
Mitchells & Butlers Plc MAB.L Pre-close trading statement
Cineworld Group Plc CINE.L Interim Q2 results
DFS Furniture Plc DFSD.L FY results
United Utilities UU.L Pre-close trading statement
SIG Plc SHI.L HY results
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