* MORRISONS: British supermarket group Morrisons said on Tuesday it would impose customer purchase limits on four salad vegetables from Wednesday after supplies were hit by disrupted harvests in southern Europe and north Africa.
* UK STRIKES: Nurses in England will pause planned strike action to enter "intensive talks" with the British government on pay and conditions, both sides said on Tuesday, in the first sign of a break in a long-running dispute.
* ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS: Sovereign wealth fund Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is among the parties considering a bid for a 34% stake in Associated British Ports that could be valued at about 2 billion pounds ($2.42 billion) or more, Bloomberg News reported.
* OIL: Oil prices extended losses on Wednesday on
expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to indicate it
will continue to raise interest rates in comments due out later,
raising concerns of lower global economic growth and fuel
demand.
* GOLD: Gold prices rose marginally on Wednesday, as
investors awaited minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve's latest
policy meeting to assess prospects of further interest rate
hikes.
* Britain's exporter-heavy FTSE 100 ended lower on Tuesday,
dragged by weakness in mining and homebuilder stocks, while a
rise in domestic business activity fanned fears of more rate
hikes by the Bank of England.
* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Primary Health FY Results Properties
Lloyds FY Results
* For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: TODAY'S UK PAPERS > Financial Times > Other business headlines (Reporting by Muhammed Husain in Bengaluru)
