* CAPITA: British outsourcing company Capita has
confirmed to pension clients that some data it processed was
likely to have been hacked during a recent cyber incident, the
Financial Times reported.
* IAG: International Airlines Group's Spanish
airline Iberia named Fernando Candela as its new acting
president and chief executive officer, replacing Javier
Sanchez-Prieto.
* STRIKES: Britain's RMT trade union said on Thursday
railway workers had voted in favour of further strike action in
a new ballot as part of a long-running pay dispute with train
operating companies.
* OIL: Oil prices rose slightly in Asian morning trade on
Friday, but were set for a third straight week of losses after
markets witnessed dramatic drops on fears of a weakening U.S.
economy and slowing Chinese demand.
* GOLD: Gold prices were flat on Friday but are set for
their biggest weekly gain in nearly two months, as hopes of a
pause in the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate hike cycle and
banking worries in the country bolstered the safe-haven metal's
appeal.
* London's FTSE 100 hit a one-month low on Thursday as a
smaller interest rate hike by the European Central Bank did
little to lift sentiment dampened by concerns about the banking
sector, while Shell gained after posting upbeat earnings.
* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
IHG Q1 trading update
HSBC AGM
IAG Q1 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)
