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Jan 24 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 3 points lower at 6,840 on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers, with FTSE 100 futures .FFIc1 down 0.01 percent ahead of the cash market open.
* KAZ MINERALS: Copper miner Kaz Minerals KAZ.L on Thursday said its full-year copper production came in at the higher end of its own forecast, helped by robust output at its Aktogay mine in Kazakhstan. ANGLO AMERICAN : Anglo American AAL.L said on Thursday improved efficiency had driven a 7 percent increase in overall output for the fourth quarter of 2018 versus a year earlier, excluding the impact of a stoppage at the Minas-Rio iron ore project in Brazil. CMC MARKETS: Online trading platform CMC Markets Plc CMCX.L said market conditions improved in the third quarter as Sino-U.S. trade tensions drove client activity, but contracts-for-difference revenue fell due to new regulatory curbs on online trading. ST JAMES'S: British wealth manager St James's Place SJP.L on Thursday posted a fall in assets of 5 billion pounds ($6.53 billion) in the fourth quarter on the back of weaker market returns. GOLD: Gold prices rose on Thursday as the dollar declined due to concerns the prolonged U.S. government shutdown will limit economic growth at the same global growth is slowing as well. OIL: Oil prices declined on Thursday amid lingering concerns over slowing global economic growth that may limit fuel demand and after a surprise build in U.S. crude inventories. EX-DIVS: No FTSE 100 .FTSE companies will trade ex-dividend this week. The UK blue chip index closed 0.85 percent down at 6842.88 on Wednesday, as fresh worries about global economic growth weighed on oil stocks, while a stronger pound also pulled down multinational stocks, with Metro Bank losing over a third of its value after missing profit forecasts. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: LIVE/