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Nov 30 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 11
points lower at 6,357 on Monday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures
down 0.44% ahead of the cash market open.
* LLOYDS: LLoyds Banking Group LLOY.L said that Charlie Nunn, currently
head of wealth and personal banking at HSBC HSBA.L , is to be its next Chief
Executive. * FRASERS: Mike Ashley's Frasers Group FRAS.L it had offered emergency
funding to Philip Green's Arcadia fashion group, which is on the brink of
falling into administration. * PETS AT HOME: Pets at Home Group Plc PETSP.L said it had bought
veterinary telehealth provider The Vet Connection for 15 million pounds ($20.03
million) as it looks to expand digital offerings during the COVID-19
pandemic. * G4S: Canadian security firm Gardaworld said it has further extended its
cash offer for larger rival G4S GFS.L , which has repeatedly rejected the
hostile bid valuing the British company at about 3 billion pounds ($4
billion). * INDIVIOR: British drugmaker Indivior Plc INDV.L said it would
"vigorously defend" against a 1.07 billion pound ($1.43 billion) legal claim
from consumer good maker Reckitt Benckiser Group RB.L relating to their
demerger agreement. * GOLD: Gold slid more than 1% and was set for its worst month since
November 2016, as hopes of a coronavirus vaccine-led economic rebound lured
investors into buying risk assets. * OIL: Crude oil prices fell amid investor jitters ahead of a meeting of
producer group OPEC+ to decide whether to extend large output cuts to balance
global markets, but vaccine hopes helped keep them on track to rise more than a
fifth in November. * The UK blue-chip index .FTSE rose slightly on Friday, but marked its
first weekly loss this month as frictions in the Brexit process and a gloomy
economic outlook due to the coronavirus weighed on sentiment. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on:
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