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Oct 14 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 9
points at 7,257 on Monday, according to financial bookmakers with futures up
0.13% ahead of cash markets open.
* ASHMORE: The emerging markets-focused money manager ASHM.L said assets
under management were broadly flat at the end of September from the prior
quarter, as inflows of client cash offset investment losses. * SOPHOS: Private equity firm Thoma Bravo said on Monday it would take
cybersecurity company Sophos Group SOPH.L private in a deal valuing the
British company at about $3.8 billion. * SUPERDRY: The founder of British fashion group SDRY.L , Julian Dunkerton,
who won an acrimonious battle to rejoin the board in April, has become the
firm's permanent chief executive. * LAURA ASHLEY: The clothing and furnishing retailer ALY.L said on Monday
it had named Sagar Mavani as its chief financial officer, replacing Seán Anglim
who has been with the company for more than two decades. * JOHN MENZIES: The aviation services group MNZS.L said on Monday it had
appointed former Swissport finance chief Alvaro Gomez-Reino as its chief
financial officer. * GOLD: Gold prices eased on Monday, extending falls for a third session as
optimism surrounding U.S.-China trade talks increased risk appetite, while a
slight uptick in dollar also weighed on prices.
* OIL: Oil prices eased on Monday as scant details on the first phase of a
trade deal between the United States and China undercut last week's optimism
over the thaw that helped to lift crude markets by 2%. * The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed up 0.8% on Friday as a rally in
sterling triggered by Ireland's optimism of Britain leaving the European Union
in an orderly fashion hit the dollar-earning constituents of the index.
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