UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on March 17

(Adds futures, news items)
March 17 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 1
point lower at 6,793 on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers, with
futures .FFIc1 down 0.15% ahead of the cash market open.

* HARGREAVES LANSDOWN: Hargreaves Lansdown HRGV.L said its profit for the
year ending June 30 should be "modestly" above analyst expectations due to high
volumes of stock trading. * CAPITA: Capita CPI.L unveiled a plan to reorganise its business into
three divisions and raise 700 million pounds from selling non-core
assets. * SSP: SSP SSPG.L said it expects to raise 475 million pounds through a
rights issue as the Upper Crust owner braces for a prolonged downturn in the
travel industry. * G4S: The G4S GFS.L takeover saga finally came to an end on Tuesday after
a majority of the security company's shareholders accepted a 3.8 billion pound
offer from U.S. rival Allied Universal, snubbing hostile Canadian bidder
GardaWorld.
* AIRLINES: A recovery in UK travel bookings appears undimmed by the
suspension of AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN)'s AZN.L COVID-19 vaccine elsewhere in Europe,
airlines said on Tuesday. * SPECTRUM: Britain said it had auctioned a new tranche of airwaves to
support 5G mobile for a total 1.36 billion pounds. * GOLD: Gold prices edged up to hover near their highest in more than two
weeks on prospects of higher inflation. * OIL: Oil prices climbed as investors weighed a recovery in U.S. refinery
activity. * The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed 0.8% higher on Tuesday following a
clutch of upbeat company earnings, while AstraZeneca rose after the European
medicine watchdog said it saw little reason to change its stance on the
drugmaker's COVID-19 vaccine. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on:
LIVE/
TODAY'S UK PAPERS
> Financial Times PRESS/FT
> Other business headlines PRESS/GB