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Aug 28 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen
opening higher on Friday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.5%.
* AMIGO: Amigo Holdings AMGO.L reported an 83% fall in
first-quarter profit and 32% drop in revenue as payment holidays
granted to customers affected by the coronavirus pandemic and a
halt on almost all new lending hammered its returns. * M&S: Marks & Spencer (M&S) will make the first deliveries
through its new online food shopping joint venture on Tuesday, a
cornerstone of its latest attempt to turn the company around and
offset problems at its pandemic-hit clothing business.
* GATWICK AIRPORT: Gatwick Airport, Britain's no.2 airport,
said the pandemic had pushed it to a 321 million pound loss in
the first six months of 2020 on passenger numbers which
collapsed 66%. * COVID-19: Britain said it will back three nationwide
COVID-19 studies with 8.4 million pounds ($11 million) to fund
research into understanding human immune responses to the
coronavirus. * BUSINESS CONFIDENCE: British business confidence has
ticked up but remains far below usual levels as the economy
struggles to cope with social distancing and employers are
preparing to cut jobs, a survey showed. * SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell Plc RDSa.L on Thursday said
there were only minimal operational impact at its
318,000-barrel-per-day Deer Park, Texas facility due to
Hurricane Laura. * OIL: Oil prices fell as a massive storm raced inland past
the heart of the U.S. oil industry in Louisiana and Texas
without causing any widespread damage to refineries.
* London stocks ended Thursday on the back foot as earnings
updates from firms like Rolls-Royce underlined the extent of
corporate damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic, while
Federal Reserve Chief Jerome Powell's speech brought few
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