July 1 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index .FTSE is seen
opening 18 points higher on Wednesday, according to financial
bookmakers.
* RYANAIR: Ryanair RYA.I expects to fly more than 4.5
million passengers in July as it returns to a more regular
schedule with 40% of its usual capacity for the peak summer
month.
* LLOYD'S OF LONDON: "Black Swan" reinsurance schemes backed
by governments could help businesses get insurance pay-outs
after huge shocks such as the coronavirus pandemic, Lloyd's of
London SOLYD.UL said. * SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell RDSa.L said on Tuesday it has
agreed to buy renewable gas, known as biomethane, from Denmark's
Nature Energy, in what the smaller company termed the largest
deal of its kind. * SSP: British travel food group SSP SSPG.L will cut up to
5,000 jobs due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on
international travel, Sky News reported on Tuesday, citing
sources. * INDIVIOR : Shaun Thaxter, the former chief executive of
drugmaker Indivior INDV.L , pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a
criminal charge arising out of a U.S. Justice Department
investigation into the marketing of its opioid addiction
treatment Suboxone. * OIL: Oil prices rose more than 1% after data showed crude
inventories in the United States fell much more than expected.
* London's FTSE 100 fell on Tuesday after data showing
Britain's economy shrank by the most since 1979 in the first
three months of the year. UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Enteq Upstream NTQ.L FY Results
Topps Tiles TPT.L Q1 Trading statement
J Sainsbury SBRY.L Q1 Trading statement
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