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March 15 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 37
points higher at 6,798 on Monday, according to financial bookmakers, with
futures .FFIc1 up 0.33% ahead of the cash market open.
* STHREE: SThree STEMS.L said its first-quarter performance had returned
to pre-pandemic levels and exceeded its expectations. * PROVIDENT FINANCIAL: Provident Financial PFG.L said that Britain's
Financial Conduct Authority has opened an investigation into certain conduct
issues of the company's home credit business over the past year. * DELIVEROO: Deliveroo said it plans to sell around 1 billion pounds of new
shares in its upcoming initial public offering. * BRITISH AIRWAYS: British Airways's ICAG.L new boss said vaccinated
people should be allowed to travel without restriction and non-vaccinated people
with a negative COVID-19 test. * FLUTTER ENTERTAINMENT: Flutter Entertainment FLTRE.I said on Saturday it
is considering listing a small shareholding of its U.S. FanDuel
business. * ASTRAZENECA: AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) AZN.L said on Sunday a review of safety data of
people vaccinated with its COVID-19 vaccine has shown no evidence of an
increased risk of blood clots. Separately, AstraZeneca AZN.L is preparing to
file for U.S. emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine later this
month or early April after accumulating enough data to judge the inoculation's
efficacy. * MINING: Global miners such as Brazil's Vale, Anglo American AAL.L and
Chile's Codelco said they expect demand for copper to strengthen in coming years
on growing demand for environmentally friendly cars. * GREEN ENERGY: Nest said on Saturday it had agreed to invest up to 1.4
billion pounds into green energy projects over the next decade through a
partnership with Octopus Renewables. * ECONOMY: British businesses are more likely to expect a rebound in
activity this year than their counterparts abroad, a survey showed. * HOUSE PRICES: Growth in asking prices for homes in Britain was
accelerating even before finance minister Rishi Sunak announced new measures to
bolster the market, property website Rightmove said. * GOLD: Gold prices erased as hopes of a faster economic recovery got a
boost from better-than-expected Chinese industrial output data. * OIL: Oil prices rose as data showed China's economic recovery accelerated
at the start of 2021. * The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed 0.4% higher on Friday, with banks
and consumer staples leading gains.
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