UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Oct 31
Oct 31 (Reuters) -Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening lower on Thursday, with futures FFIc1 down 0.2%.
* BAE SYSTEMS: Emergency services have suppressed a huge blaze that broke out in the early hours at a BAE Systems BAES.L shipyard in north west England that builds Britain's nuclear submarines.
* ANGLO AMERICAN: BHP BHP.AX said that comments made by its chairman at annual general meeting did not mean the company rules out a renewed offer for Anglo American AAL.L, months after its failed bid in May.
* RECKITT: A lawyer for a Missouri mother on Wednesday asked a jury to make Abbott ABT.N and Reckitt's RKT.L Mead Johnson pay a total of more than $6 billion in the latest trial over claims that the companies' formulas for premature babies caused a severe intestinal illness.
* OIL: Oil prices rose, extending the previous day's rally, driven by optimism over U.S. fuel demand following an unexpected drop in crude and gasoline inventories, while reports that OPEC+ may delay a planned output increase offered support.
* EX-DIVS: Whitbread WTB.L will trade without entitlement to its latest dividend pay-out on Thursday.
* FTSE: The UK's FTSE 100 fell to an over two-month low on Wednesday, dragged down by the healthcare sector, while midcap stocks got a lift even as the latest UK budget came with the biggest tax increases in three decades.
* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Shell | SHEL.L | Q3 results |
Haleon | HLN.L | Q3 Trading Statement |
Coca Cola HBC | CCH.L | Q3 Trading Statement |
Smith+ Nephew | SN.L | Q3 Trading Statement |
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Reporting by Prerna Bedi in Bengaluru
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