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title: "UK Stocks- Factors to watch on January 21"
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description: "UK's FTSE 100 index is expected to open lower, with futures down 0.05%. The UK announced a £15 billion plan to reduce energy bills. Oil prices fell due to anticipated U.S. crude inventory increases. Copper prices dropped in China after margin requirements were raised. Gold prices surged to a record high above $4,800 per ounce amid safe-haven demand. The FTSE 100 experienced its largest one-day decline in nearly two weeks due to rising uncertainty over U.S. tariffs related to Greenland. Key corporate updates include Burberry and JD Wetherspoon."
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# UK Stocks- Factors to watch on January 21

Jan 21 (Reuters) - Britain’s FTSE 100 (.FTSE) index is seen opening lower on Wednesday, with futures (FFIc1) down 0.05%.

-   ENERGY: Britain set out a 15 billion-pound ($20 billion) plan to cut energy bills through home upgrades and other efficiency measures, forming part of its wider decarbonisation efforts.
-   OIL: Oil prices fell as an expected build-up of U.S. crude inventories outweighed a temporary halt in output at two large fields in Kazakhstan and geopolitical pressure from U.S. threats of tariffs over its bid to gain control of Greenland.
-   METALS: Copper prices in China fell after Shanghai Futures Exchange raised margin requirements for some copper contracts.
-   GOLD: Gold prices surged to a record high above $4,800 per ounce buoyed by safe-haven demand and a softer dollar as U.S. President Donald Trump’s pursuit of Greenland threatened to reignite a trade war with Europe and upend the NATO alliance.
-   FTSE: The UK’s FTSE 100 logged its steepest one-day fall in close to two weeks on Tuesday as rising uncertainty over U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs related to Greenland soured investor sentiment.
-   UK CORPORATE DIARY:

Burberry (BRBY.L) Q3 trading update

J D Wetherspoon (JDW.L) Q2 trading update

Curry’s (CURY.L) Peak trading update

JD Sports Fashion (JD.L) Q4 trading update

Experian (EXPN.L) Q3 trading update

Aberdeen Group (ABDN.L) Q4 AUMA & flows

trading update

Hochschild Mining (HOCM.L) Q4 production

update

Premier Foods (PFD.L) Q3 trading update

Galliford Try (GFRD.L) Trading update

ICG (ICGIN.L) Q3 trading

statement

-   For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: (LIVE/) TODAY’S UK PAPERS
-   Financial Times (PRESS/FT)
-   Other business headlines (PRESS/GB)

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