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May 18(Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen
opening up 91 points on Monday, according to financial
bookmakers, with futures up 1.7% ahead of cash markets open.
* INTU PROPERTIES: British mall operator Intu Properties Plc
INTUP.L warned it would likely breach its debt commitments at
the end of June due to falling rental payments and will seek
standstill agreements with creditors to ride out the coronavirus
crisis. * FERREXPO: Pellets producer Ferrexpo Plc FXPO.L appointed
James North as its acting chief executive officer, six months
after Kostyantin Zhevago stepped down temporarily to resolve
issues at his former business in Ukraine * HOCHSCHILD MINING: Precious metals miner Hochschild Mining
HOCM.L said it would restart production at its Inmaculada and
Pallancata mines in Peru, targeting full output from these
locations in the coming weeks. * RYANAIR: Ryanair reported a profit after tax of 1 billion
euros ($1.08 billion) for the year to March 31, but said it was
unable to provide a forecast for the current year due to
COVID-19 and cut its annual passenger traffic target by a
further 20%. * BoE: The Bank of England is looking more urgently at
options such as negative interest rates and buying riskier
assets to prop up the country's economy to fight the coronavirus
crisis, the BoE's chief economist was quoted as saying.
* GOLD: Gold rose to its highest since October 2012 as
worries regarding the souring U.S.-China relations and bleak
U.S. economic data underpinned the safe-haven metal.
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* METALS: Copper prices climbed as the reopening of
economies paralysed by the coronavirus crisis boosted hopes of a
revival in demand for metals. MET/L
* OIL: Oil prices climbed by more than $1 a barrel,
supported by output cuts and signs of gradual demand recovery
amid easing coronavirus curbs, with U.S. oil showing no signs of
last month's contract expiry price rout. * London stocks closed higher on Friday, as a jump in
China's factory output for the first time in 2020 powered
resource companies, but the benchmark indices ended the week
lower as fears of the economic fall-out of the coronavirus
weighed. * For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please
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