UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Oct 8

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Oct 8 - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 13 points higher at
5,959 on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures up 0.29%
ahead of cash market open.
* CMC MARKETS: CMC Markets CMCX.L said its annual net operating income
would be towards the upper end of the current market consensus, as trading on
its online platform benefited from this year's coronavirus-driven market
volatility. * EASYJET: British airline easyJet EZJ.L warned it would report an annual
loss of as much as 845 million pounds, its first ever, and said it kept its
finances under review as the pandemic meant it was only flying 25% of planned
capacity.
* HARGREAVES LANSDOWN: British fund supermarket Hargreaves Lansdown HRGV.L
said it took in 800 million pounds of net new business in the quarter to Sept.
30, despite what it described as weakening investor sentiment arising from
COVID-19 and fresh Brexit uncertainty. * HOME REIT: Home REIT, a vehicle for investing in properties that provide
accommodation to homeless people, said on Thursday it has raised 240.6 million
pounds from its initial public offering. * GVC HOLDINGS: Ladbrokes and bwin owner GVC Holdings GVC.L raised its
outlook for annual core earnings after posting a 12% rise in third-quarter
revenue, helped by a surge in online gaming and as sports events such as the
English Premier League resumed. * ROBERT WALTERS: British recruiting firm Robert Walters Plc RWA.L
reported a 31% fall in third-quarter net fee income on Thursday, as it continued
to tussle with a hiring slowdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while it
reinstated its interim dividend. * OIL: Oil prices inched up on Thursday as oil workers evacuated rigs in the
U.S. Gulf of Mexico ahead of Hurricane Delta, though fuel demand concerns
persisted on fading chances for a U.S. economic stimulus deal and a build in
U.S. crude inventories. * GOLD: Gold prices were little changed on Thursday as renewed hopes for
more U.S. stimulus kept the bullion afloat, with investors eyeing the weekly
jobless claims data to further gauge the health of the world's largest economy.
* The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed down 0.06% on Wednesday, weighed
down by a fall in energy stocks on lower oil prices, with investors looking for
clues on U.S. stimulus measures after President Donald Trump called a halt to
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