UK Stocks-Factors to watch on November 27

Nov 27 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening lower on Thursday, with futures FFIc1 down 0.12%.

UK BUDGET: British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves delivered her budget statement to parliament on Wednesday, taking more tax from workers, people saving for a pension and investors to give herself more room to meet her borrowing targets.

FLUTTER: Flutter Entertainment FLTRF.L said the UK government's plans to raise online gaming taxes will hit its adjusted EBITDA by about $320 million in fiscal 2026 and $540 million in 2027.

PLAYTECH: Playtech PTEC.L expects the UK's proposed tax changes to impact its adjusted core profit by up to high-teens millions of euros before mitigation.

EVOKE: Evoke EVOK.L said the UK tax hikes will lift annual duty costs by 125-135 million pounds from April 2027.

ENTAIN: Entain ENT.L expects about 200 million pounds ($264.48 million) of additional cost to its UK and Ireland online business from the UK's proposed tax changes.

RANK GROUP: Rank Group RNK.L expects a hit of about 40 million pounds to its annual operating profit from the UK's tax changes from April 2026.

EX-DIVS: 3i Group, IAG, Severn Trent, Marks and Spencer, Land Securities, LondonMetric Property, FirstGroup and Johnson Matthey will trade without entitlement to its latest dividend pay-out on Thursday.

COMMODITIES: Oil prices fell and gold edged lower on Thursday, while Shanghai copper extended gains to a fourth straight session.

UK stocks climbed on Wednesday, boosted by gains in financials and mining stocks, as finance minister Rachel Reeves announced a big tax-raising budget.

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