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Sept 27 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 12
points to 7,363 on Friday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures
FFIc1 up 0.21% ahead of the cash market open.
* GULF MARINE SERVICES: Gulf Marine Services Plc GMS.L said on Friday it
reached an agreement with lenders to ensure it would have continued liquidity
until the end of the year, including the rollover of an existing $25 million
loan. * GOLD: Gold traded flat early on Friday but the metal was poised to end the
week lower, as investors preferred the safety of the dollar in the wake of
political uncertainties in the United States. * OIL: Oil prices fell on Friday, erasing more of the gains realised after
the Sept. 14 attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, as the rapid return of
production capacity from the world's top exporter squashed risk
premiums.
* The UK blue chip index closed 0.8% higher on Thursday, outpacing its
European peers, as signals that the Sino-U.S. trade war could soon be resolved
overpowered losses in blue-chip stocks drowned by profit warnings. * For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on:
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