June 5 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 15
points at 7,229 on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers.
* TRUMP IN BRITAIN: U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday promised Britain
a "phenomenal" post-Brexit trade deal, dismissed differences over China's Huawei
and glossed over other disagreements as he heaped praise on the United States'
closest ally. * HIGH SPEED RAIL: Britain's next prime minister might decide to prioritise
other infrastructure spending projects over the planned, 56 billion-pound ($71
billion) High-Speed 2 (HS2) rail project, chief secretary to the Treasury Liz
Truss said. * BT GROUP: The Football Association announced a five-year deal with
Britain's biggest telecoms group BT BT.L on Tuesday that will include
sponsorship of all England teams and Wembley Stadium. * SANTANDER: Spain's Banco Santander SAN.MC is to cut about 200 jobs in
its British subsidiary as part of a reorganisation, it said, adding that the
changes would affect the corporate and commercial banking division. * ARCADIA: Arcadia Group agreed to provide 210 million pounds ($266.64
million) in security to its pension schemes, which includes an additional 25
million pounds agreed with The Pensions Regulator, the company. * NSF: British subprime lender Non-Standard Finance NSF.L is dropping its
hostile 1.3 billion pound ($1.65 billion) bid for rival Provident Financial
PFG.L , NSF said on Tuesday. * OIL: Oil prices ended as much as 1% higher on Tuesday after a global stock
market rally pulled Brent crude from a four-month low touched earlier in the
session. * GOLD: Gold prices edged higher, holding near the three-month high it
touched in the previous session, as the dollar weakened on rising prospects of a
rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve. * The UK blue chip index closed 0.4% higher at 7,214 as China's request for
dialogue with the United States to resolve trade differences offered respite.
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