UK Stocks-Factors to watch on April 25
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April 25 -Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Thursday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.07%.
* ANGLO AMERICAN: BHP Group BHP.AX said it made an offer to buy London-listed miner Anglo American AAL.L, valuing its share capital at 31.1 billion pounds ($38.84 billion), a deal that would create the world's biggest copper miner with around 10% of global output.
* ASTRAZENECA: AstraZeneca AZN.L reported quarterly revenue and profit above market estimates, buoyed by resilient demand for its oncology and rare blood disorder drugs and steady growth in revenue from partnered medicines.
* LSEG: The London Stock Exchange Group LSEG.L said its first-quarter growth was in line with plans, and products from its partnership with Microsoft were due to be rolled out in the first half of 2024.
* BARCLAYS: Barclays BARC.L reported a 12% fall in first-quarter profit, as a squeeze on UK mortgage pricing, lower income from trading and a drought of M&A fees showed the difficulties it will face in delivering its first strategic revamp in a decade.
* SAINSBURY: Sainsbury's SBRY.L forecast strong profit growth in its new financial year as it reported a 1.6% rise for 2023/24, above company outlook.
* UNILEVER: Unilever's ULVR.L underlying first-quarter sales grew by a better than expected 4.4%, it said in a trading update.
* WPP: WPP WPP.L reported a 1.6% drop in organic growth in the first quarter.
* RELX: RELX REL.L stuck to guidance for strong annual profit growth.
* PERSIMMON: Persimmon PSN.L said it was confident about the remainder of 2024 and reaffirmed its annual home-build targets after posting an improvement in first-quarter sales rate.
* SCHRODERS: Schroders SDR.L reported its assets under management edged up over the first quarter of 2024.
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Reporting by Prerna Bedi and DhanushVignesh Babu in Bengaluru
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