UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Jan 27

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UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Jan 27
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Jan 27 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening down 5 points at 7,156 on Friday, according to financial bookmakers.

* The UK blue chip index closed down 0.04 percent at 7161.49 points on Thursday as earning updates provided a mixed picture with Diageo DGE.L surging after strong sales data but Daily Mail DMGOa.L and Unilever ULVR.L hit by disappointing numbers.

* BATS: British American Tobacco (BAT) BATS.L has reached a principle agreement to acquire the tobacco assets of Bosnian holding firm Fabrika Duhana Sarajevo (FDS) FDSS.SJ from an Austrian fund, the two companies said in a joint statement on Thursday. SHELL: A Nigerian court has ordered the temporary forfeiture of assets and the transfer of operations of a long-disputed oilfield owned by Shell RDSa.L and Eni ENI.MI , among others, to the federal government, court papers released on Thursday showed. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets

* UK CORPORATE DIARY: BT Group Plc

BT.L

Q3 Paragon Group of Companies Plc

PARA.L

Q1

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