UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Sept. 24

Sept 24 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 24 points at 7,350 points on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers.

* METRO BANK: Troubled British lender Metro Bank Plc MTRO.L ditched a 250 million pound ($311 million) bond issue on Monday after failing to attract investors despite offering a hefty yield THOMAS COOK: Thomas Cook's TCG.L German holiday airline Condor and Nordic business, the Ving group, will continue operating despite its parent company's collapse. WOODFORD: The suspension of money manager Neil Woodford's Equity Income fund until December remains in place, the fund's authorised corporate director said on Monday at its monthly review of the lock-up. GOLD: Gold prices were steady on Tuesday, having risen to a more than two-week peak in the previous session on global slowdown fears and tensions in the Middle East, while an improved Sino-U.S. trade tone weighed on the yellow metal. OIL: Oil prices eased on Tuesday as weak manufacturing data from Europe and Japan focused market attention on the gloomy outlook for demand and away from uncertainty around supply disruptions in Saudi Arabia. The UK blue chip index fell 0.3% on Monday as weak German economic data weighed on banking shares, offsetting a surge in travel operators and airlines after the collapse of the world's oldest travel firm Thomas Cook. UK CORPORATE DIARY:

Pennant International

PNIG.L

Half Year Earnings Release Animalcare Group

ANCR.L

Half Year Earnings Release DP Poland

DPP.L

Half Year Earnings Release Digitalbox

DBOX.L

Half Year Earnings Release Fireangel Safety Technology

FA.L

Half Year Earnings Release Flowtech Fluidpower

FLOL.L

Half Year Earnings Release Card Factory

CARDC.L

Half Year Earnings Release Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) MAB1.L

Half Year Earnings Release Diurnal Group

DNL.L

Full Year Earnings Release Ten Entertainment Group

TEG.L

Half Year Earnings Release Close Brothers Group

CBRO.L

Full Year Earnings Release Town Centre Securities

TOWNT.L

Full Year Earnings Release Moss Bros Group

MOSB.L

Half Year Earnings Release Alliance Pharma

ALAPH.L

Half Year Earnings Release M&C Saatchi

SAA.L

Half Year Earnings Release Blancco Technology Group

BLTGB.L

Half Year Earnings Release AA PLC

AAAA.L

Half Year Earnings Release Manchester United

MANU.N

Q4 Earnings Release A.G.Barr

BAG.L

Half Year Earnings Release

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