UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Oct. 30
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Oct 30 (Reuters) -Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening lower on Wednesday, with futures FFIc1 down 0.6%.
* GSK: GSK GSK.L lowered its 2024 vaccine sales forecast for the second time this year on Wednesday, hit by weak demand for its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and shingles vaccines.
* NEXT: British clothing retailer Next NXT.L forecast an annual profit in excess of 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) as it raised its outlook for the third time in four months.
* GLENCORE: Glencore GLEN.L reported lower copper, cobalt, zinc, nickel and thermal coal production for the first nine months but reiterated it expected its trading profits to reach the high end of its long-term range at up to $3.5 billion.
* ASTON MARTIN: British luxury carmaker Aston Martin AML.L reported a smaller-than-expected third-quarter loss and reaffirmed its annual forecast, saying supply chain disruptions are being "proactively managed".
* VIRGIN MONEY UK: British lender Virgin Money UK 42YBq.H said that insider Gergely Zaborszky would take on the role of its CFO, after current finance boss Clifford Abrahams leaves the company in December.
* BUDGET: Britain's new finance minister Rachel Reeves will announce what may be the biggest tax hikes in three decades on Wednesday in a bid to fix the country's sagging public services, alongside billions of pounds of extra borrowing to overhaul the economy.
* BAE SYSTEMS: A significant fire remains ongoing at BAE Systems' BAES.L shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, northwest England, but there was no nuclear risk from the incident, police said.
* OIL: Oil prices held at one-month lows, after sliding in the previous two sessions.
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Reporting by Prerna Bedi and DhanushVignesh Babu in Bengaluru
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