UK Stocks-Factors to watch on June 5 June 5(Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 index is seenopening higher on Friday, with futures up 0.7%.* CONSUMERS: British consumer confidence in late May fell toits lowest in over a decade as COVID-19 hit the economy, asurvey showed.* RETAIL: UK retail sales dived 18% in May as thecoronavirus lockdown measures kept shopping streets empty, asurvey showed.* LABOUR: UK labour market’s sharp slide continued into May,a survey showed.* SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell and Murphy Oil Corp began evacuating non-essential workers from the U.S.Gulf of Mexico on Thursday due to a storm.* ASTRAZENECA: AstraZeneca has doubled manufacturingcapacity for its potential coronavirus vaccine to 2 billiondoses in two deals involving Microsoft billionaire Bill Gatesthat guarantee early supply to lower income countries.
* IAG: The boss of British Airways said its parent companyIAG was burning through 178 million pounds a week andcould not guarantee its survival, prompting him to urge unionsto engage over 12,000 job cuts.* STOBART: Stobart said on Thursday it would exitits rail and civil engineering business this fiscal year under aplan to offset a hit from the coronavirus crisis.
* GOLD: Gold eased ahead of a highly awaited U.S.jobsreport as markets pinned hopes on an economic recovery.* OIL: Oil prices nudged higher as traders await cues from ameeting that could take place as soon as this weekend wheremajor oil producers will discuss whether to extend recordproduction cuts.* UK shares hit their highest in nearly three-months onThursday on bets of a rebound in post-coronavirus economicactivity.
* For more on the factors affecting European stocks, pleaseclick on: (Reporting by Shanima A in Bengaluru;Editing by Vinay Dwivedi) 2020-06-05 07:16:32
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