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UK Stocks-Factors to watch on March 23

ReutersMar 23, 2026 8:02 AM

- Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening down on Monday, with futures FFIc1 down 1.50%.

CALEDONIA MINING: Zimbabwe-focused Caledonia Mining CALq.L reported a near tripling of its 2025 full-year profit after tax, driven by higher gold prices and robust sales volumes.

TRUSTPILOT: Italy's Competition Authority fined Trustpilot TRST.L and its units 4 million euros ($4.61 million) for failing to adequately verify the authenticity of reviews on its platform and for misleading consumers about how its services work.

ANGLO AMERICAN: Anglo American AAL.L said it would delist from the SIX Swiss Exchange on June 26, ahead of the completion of its $53 billion merger with Teck Resources TECKb.TO.

IAG: British Airways-owner IAG ICAG.L is likely to abandon its interest in pursuing an offer for Portugal's flag carrier TAP, Bloomberg News reported.

SPIRE HEALTHCARE: Spire Healthcare SPI.L said late on Friday that buyout talks with private equity firms Bridgepoint BPTB.L and Triton have ended, but it was still in discussions with other parties for a potential sale.

BP: The Trump administration has lent 45.2 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to oil companies, including BP Products North America, in an attempt to control prices that have spiked to four-year highs due to the war on Iran.

ECONOMY: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to chair an emergency meeting on the economic fallout from the war in Iran on Monday.

OIL: Oil prices swung between gains and losses as investors weighed rising U.S. and Iranian threats over energy facilities.

GOLD: Gold slid more than 5%, reaching its weakest level of 2026 after logging its worst week in about 43 years.

METALS: Copper slid to over three-month lows, with a fresh escalation in the Middle East war.

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