Dec 30 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 futures index FFIc1 was down 0.03%
on Wednesday.
* BREXIT: Britain will be able to trade with its European neighbours and
keep control of its laws and destiny, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will say on
Wednesday before lawmakers vote on the Brexit deal he clinched at the eleventh
hour. * OIL: Oil gained more ground on Wednesday as a U.S. coronavirus fiscal aid
package and a decline in crude oil inventories lifted prices. * GOLD: Gold inched higher on Wednesday as the dollar eased, while investors
weighed a top U.S. Republican leader's decision to postpone a vote on increased
pandemic relief payments. * The UK blue-chip index .FTSE gained 1.6% on Tuesday as investors
returned from a long weekend to cheer a post-Brexit trade deal that averted a
chaotic exit from the European Union. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on:
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