* GSK: GSK beat expectations for its first-quarter
revenue and profit, helped by sales of its blockbuster shingles
vaccine Shingrix.
* Reckitt Benckiser: Reckitt Benckiser named company
insider Kris Licht as its CEO designate to succeed Nicandro
Durante and said he will take up the role by the end of the year
following a transition period.
* Standard Chartered: Standard Chartered said
first-quarter pretax profit jumped 21%, beating expectations, as
rising interest rates buoyed cash management income and retail
product sales for the emerging
* Heathrow: Britain's Heathrow Airport said it recorded
16.9 million passengers in the first three months of the year,
up 74% on last year's pandemic-affected level, but it posted a
139 million pound ($173 million) adjusted loss.
* Persimmon: British housebuilder Persimmon Plc said on Wednesday it expects to build homes at the top end of
its annual guidance range, as an improved quarterly sales rate
partly allayed concerns that a sector slowdown could slip into
the next year.
* MAN GROUP: Hedge fund Man Group reported more
than $1 billion of net flows into its funds in the first quarter
and a small increase in the value of its assets, over a period
that included global banking market turmoil in March.
* OIL: Oil rose after plunging more than 2% in the
previous session as reports of falling U.S. crude oil and fuel
inventories refocused investors on robust demand in the world's
top oil consumer.
* GOLD: Gold prices moved in a tight range with
recessionary fears lending some support to the safe-haven asset.
* For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please
click on: TODAY'S UK PAPERS
> Financial Times > Other business headlines (Reporting by Sinchita Mitra in Bengaluru)
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April 26 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is
seen opening lower on Wednesday, with futures down
0.25%.
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