Sept 24 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 24
points at 7,350 points on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers.
* METRO BANK: Troubled British lender Metro Bank Plc MTRO.L ditched a 250
million pound ($311 million) bond issue on Monday after failing to attract
investors despite offering a hefty yield
* THOMAS COOK: Thomas Cook's TCG.L German holiday airline Condor and
Nordic business, the Ving group, will continue operating despite its parent
company's collapse. * WOODFORD: The suspension of money manager Neil Woodford's Equity Income
fund until December remains in place, the fund's authorised corporate director
said on Monday at its monthly review of the lock-up.
* GOLD: Gold prices were steady on Tuesday, having risen to a more than
two-week peak in the previous session on global slowdown fears and tensions in
the Middle East, while an improved Sino-U.S. trade tone weighed on the yellow
metal.
* OIL: Oil prices eased on Tuesday as weak manufacturing data from Europe
and Japan focused market attention on the gloomy outlook for demand and away
from uncertainty around supply disruptions in Saudi Arabia.
* The UK blue chip index fell 0.3% on Monday as weak German economic data
weighed on banking shares, offsetting a surge in travel operators and airlines
after the collapse of the world's oldest travel firm Thomas Cook. UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Pennant International PNIG.L Half Year Earnings Release
Animalcare Group ANCR.L Half Year Earnings Release
DP Poland DPP.L Half Year Earnings Release
Digitalbox DBOX.L Half Year Earnings Release
Fireangel Safety Technology FA.L Half Year Earnings Release
Flowtech Fluidpower FLOL.L Half Year Earnings Release
Card Factory CARDC.L Half Year Earnings Release
Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) MAB1.L Half Year Earnings Release
Diurnal Group DNL.L Full Year Earnings Release
Ten Entertainment Group TEG.L Half Year Earnings Release
Close Brothers Group CBRO.L Full Year Earnings Release
Town Centre Securities TOWNT.L Full Year Earnings Release
Moss Bros Group MOSB.L Half Year Earnings Release
Alliance Pharma ALAPH.L Half Year Earnings Release
M&C Saatchi SAA.L Half Year Earnings Release
Blancco Technology Group BLTGB.L Half Year Earnings Release
AA PLC AAAA.L Half Year Earnings Release
Manchester United MANU.N Q4 Earnings Release
A.G.Barr BAG.L Half Year Earnings Release
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