UK Stocks-Factors to watch on January 15

Jan 15 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index was 0.05% lower on Thursday.

SCHRODERS: Schroders SDR.L forecast annual adjusted operating profit ahead of market expectations.

ROBERT WALTERS: Robert Walters RWA.L expects fiscal year 2026 net fee income to dip slightly below last year.

DUNELM: Dunelm DNLM.L forecast annual profit at the lower end of analyst expectations.

ASHMORE: Ashmore ASHM.L reported $2.6 billion net inflows and $1.2 billion in returns in the second quarter.

TAYLOR WIMPEY: Taylor Wimpey TW.L warned of a decline in 2026 operating profit margin.

MITCHELLS & BUTLERS: Mitchells & Butlers MAB.L reported a 4.5% rise in like-for-like first-quarter sales .

FULLER, SMITH & TURNER: Fuller, Smith & Turner FSTA.L said the five-week Christmas and New Year period delivered sales growth of 8.2%.

RIO TINTO: Rio Tinto RIO.L and BHP BHP.AX will extract up to 200 million metric tons of iron ore from Pilbara. Separately, a Rio Tinto investor raised concerns over the merits of the potential Glencore deal.

WIZZ AIR: CEO Jozsef Varadi has raised the budget carrier's WIZZ.L growth projection for this fiscal year, Bloomberg News reported.

OXFORD BIOMEDICA: Oxford Biomedica OXB.L received an unsolicited cash offer from funds managed by EQT EQTAB.ST.

HOME REIT: Britain's Serious Fraud Office is investigating an estimated 300 million-pound bribery and fraud case into the former management of the social housing group HOMEH.L.

HOUSING: Britain's housing market showed some signs of turning a corner last month, a survey showed.

COMMODITIES: Oil prices slid more than 3%, copper prices pulled back from record highs, and gold slipped.

EX-DIVS: Compass Group CPG.L and Diploma DPLM.L will trade without entitlement to its latest dividend pay-out on Thursday.

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