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Britain's FTSE 100 index is expected to open slightly lower on Friday, with futures trading down 0.1% at 7260. * SHELL, BP: Think-tank Carbon Tracker said in a report that investment plans by Royal Dutch Shell, BP and ExxonMobil, among others, will not be compatible with the 2015 Paris Agreement, which aims to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. * SHELL: Exxon Mobil has agreed to sell its Norwegian oil and gas assets, which comprises minority stakes i

Britain's FTSE 100 index is expected to open 16 points higher at 7,284 on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures up 0.6%ahead of the cash market open.

Britain's FTSE 100 index is expected to open 16 points higher at 7,284 on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers. * BHP: Several BHP Group shareholders, including the Church of England pension fund, are recommending the company suspend its membership in industry groups that advocate for policies inconsistent with the Paris climate change agreement. * BP: Operations at BP Plc's 430,000 bpd Whiting, Indiana, refinery were continuing normally with no units

Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 15 points higher at 7,297 on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures up 0.28% ahead of the cash market open.

Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 15 points higher at 7,297 on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers. * GLENCORE: Global mining and trading giant Glencore has won a dispute with Australia's Taxation Office after a judge found it had paid the correct amount of tax on purchases of copper concentrate from a mine that it owns in New South Wales state. * RETAIL SALES: British retailers saw their sales flat-line in August as shoppers cut back on non-ess

Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 6 points higher at 7,213 on Monday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures up 0.3% ahead of the cash market open.

Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 6 points higher at 7,213 on Monday, according to financial bookmakers. * RIO: Rio Tinto Plc has triggered an arbitration process with billionaire industrialist Sanjeev Gupta's GFG Alliance because the company did not make final payments for its purchase of the Dunkerque aluminium smelter in France, Rio said. * BREXIT: British lawmakers opposed to a no-deal Brexit will attempt to pass a law this week to stop Prime Minist

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India's central bank board on Monday approved the transfer of 1.76 trillion rupees to the government, the bank said in a statement, a move that could help New Delhi to stimulate the economy without fiscal slippage.