UK Stocks-Factors to watch on March 2

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UK Stocks-Factors to watch on March 2

March 2 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 42
to 50 points, or 0.7-0.8 percent higher on Wednesday, according to financial
bookmakers. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on
The UK blue chip index closed up 0.9 percent at 6,152.88, its highest in
over two months.
* OIL: Oil prices fell on Wednesday in the wake of industry data that showed
a huge build in U.S. crude stockpiles that were already at a record high.

* RETAILERS: British shop prices fell more sharply last month than in
January as retailers resorted to deeper discounts to attract wary shoppers, the
British Retail Consortium said on Wednesday.
* SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell Plc's RDSa.L 316,600 barrel per day joint
venture Deer Park, Texas, refinery was restarting a coking unit on Tuesday after
completing a six-week overhaul of several units, sources familiar with plant
operations said.
* JOHNSON & JOHNSON: A new leukaemia drug viewed by industry experts as a
future blockbuster has been rejected by Britain's healthcare cost-effectiveness
agency NICE, which said it could not be confident the medicine represented an
effective use of resources. UK CORPORATE DIARY:
2-Mar-16 TRS.L Tarsus Group PLC Full Year
2-Mar-16 FRCL.L Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC Full Year
2-Mar-16 COSG.L Costain Group PLC Full Year
2-Mar-16 LRD.L Laird PLC Full Year
2-Mar-16 NICL.L Nichols PLC Full Year
2-Mar-16 EMPR.L Empresaria Group PLC Full Year
2-Mar-16 NMC.L NMC Health PLC Q4
2-Mar-16 CLINC.L Clinigen Group PLC Half Year
2-Mar-16 NVA.L Novae Group PLC Full Year
2-Mar-16 SYNTS.L Synthomer PLC Full Year
2-Mar-16 FSJ.L James Fisher and Sons plc Full Year
2-Mar-16 GHT.L Gresham Computing PLC Full Year
2-Mar-16 DTY.L Dignity PLC Full Year
2-Mar-16 ITRK.L Intertek Group PLC Full Year
2-Mar-16 ITV.L ITV PLC Full Year

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