Nov 14 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 17
points lower at 7,334 on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers.
* BHP: BHP Group Ltd BHP.AX BHPB.L on Thursday named its Australian head
Mike Henry to succeed Andrew Mackenzie as the miner's chief executive, shunning
calls from some investors for fresh blood from outside the Anglo Australian
giant. * WOODFORD: Investors in British money manager Neil Woodford's flagship fund
could lose more than 1 billion pounds, four times more than had it reopened in
December, according to estimates made by his firm before the shock closure of
the fund. * ROYAL MAIL: British postal company Royal Mail RMG.L on Wednesday won a
high court injunction to stop strikes by its biggest union around the time of a
national election on Dec. 12 and in the busy run-up to Christmas. * GOLD: Gold prices inched up on Thursday as Asian equities turned lower
after weaker-than-expected economic data out of China weighed on risk appetite,
boosting demand for safe-haven assets. * OIL: Oil prices rose on Thursday after industry data showed a surprise
drop in U.S. crude inventories while comments from an OPEC official about
lower-than-expected U.S. shale production growth in 2020 also provided some
support for oil. * EX-DIVS: Bunzl BNZL. , GSK GSK.L , Shell RDSa.L RDSb.L and Sainsbury
SBRY.L will trade without entitlement to their latest dividend pay-out on
Thursday, trimming 15.9 points off the FTSE 100 according to Reuters
calculations.
* The UK blue chip index fell 0.2% lower on Wednesday as traders grew weary
of mixed trade signals from U.S. President Donald Trump and trimmed some early
losses as exporter stocks such as Diageo DGE.L and AstraZeneca AZN.L
benefited from a weaker pound. UK CORPORATE DIARY:
TBC Bank Group TBCG.L Full Year Earnings Release
Urban Logistics Reit SHED.L Half Year Earnings Release
National Grid NG.L Half Year Earnings Release
3i Group III.L Half Year Earnings Release
Great Portland Estates GPOR.L Half Year Earnings Release
Norcros NXR.L Half Year Earnings Release
Tracsis TRCS.L Full Year Earnings Release
Premier Oil PMO.L Trading and Operations Update
FirstGroup FGP.L Half Year Earnings Release
Burberry Group BRBY.L Interim Earnings Release
Mediclinic International MDCM.L Half Year Earnings Release
Card Factory CARDC.L Q3 Trading Statement Release
Stobart Group STOB.L Half Year Earnings Release
Bovis Homes BVS.L Trading Statement Release
Grafton Group GFTU_u.L Trading Statement Release
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