UK Stocks-Factors to watch on July 30
July 30 -Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening lower on Tuesday, with futures FFIc1 down 0.15%.
* STANDARD CHARTERED: Standard Chartered STAN.L reported its pretax profit rose 5% in the first six months of the year, just ahead of analysts' estimates and announced its largest share buyback to date.
* WPP: Britain's WPP WPP.L is set to pick former BT Group BT.L chief Philip Jansen as its new chair, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
* OCADO: Ocado, the British online supermarket and technology group, is extending the maturity of its debt by raising 600 million pounds in bonds due for 2029 repayment to finance a tender offer of existing bonds due in earlier years.
* OIL: Oil prices fell, extending losses from the previous session, amid concerns about demand in China, the world's largest crude importer, while the market shrugged off the risk of conflict escalating in the Middle East.
* FTSE: Britain's FTSE 100 closed slightly higher boosted by real estate shares on optimism around interest rate cuts in the U.S. and the UK, while Reckitt Benckiser shares hit their lowest in over a decade following a ruling against competitor Abbott.
* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
BP | BP.L | Q2 Results |
Diageo | DGE.L | Prelim FY results |
Greggs | GRG.L | HY Results |
Glencore | GLEN.L | HY Production |
St. James's Place | SJP.L | HY Results |
Inchcape | INCH.L | HY Results |
Fresnillo | FRES.L | HY Results |
Foxtons | FOXT.L | HY Results |
Sabre Insurance | SBRE.L | HY Results |
Weir Group | WEIR.L | HY Results |
Croda International | CRDA.L | HY Results |
A G Barr | BAG.L | HY Trading update |
Sage Group | SGE.L | Q3 Trading update |
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Reporting by Prerna Bedi in Bengaluru
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