* VODAFONE: Vodafone on Monday said it resolved an
outage that impacted thousands of its home broadband service
users in the United Kingdom, after hours of downtime.
* RETAILERS: British retailers reported a boost in spending
from Mother's Day purchases in March, during an otherwise
downbeat sales period when cost of living pressures and
unusually wet weather kept shoppers at home.
* STRIKES: Britain's health minister warned patients' safety
is at risk as junior doctors began four days of strikes on
Tuesday that are likely to cause unprecedented disruption.
* OIL: Oil prices rose on expectations that inventories in
the U.S., the world's biggest crude consumer, are expected to
fall and on signs that demand in emerging markets remains
healthy.
* GOLD: Gold prices rose after falling over 1% in the
previous session, as the dollar eased while investors awaited
this week's U.S. inflation data that could influence the Federal
Reserve's monetary policy trajectory.
* UK's blue-chip index rose last Thursday, gaining for a
third consecutive week, as a rally in commodity stocks and signs
of resilience in the domestic economy outweighed concerns about
a U.S. economic slowdown.
* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
JTC Plc FY22 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)
