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Jan 15 - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 45points higher at 6,900 on Tuesday, according to financialbookmakers with FTSE 100 futures up 0.69 percent aheadof the cash market open.* SAVILLS: UK-based real estate services provider Savillssaid on Tuesday it expected a decline in transactionvolumes in some markets this year due to Brexit-relateduncertainties.* ASHMORE: British emerging markets-focused asset managerAshmore on Tuesday said net inflows of new client moneymore than offset weaker markets in the three months toend-December, taking total assets to $76.7 billion.* GENEL: Iraqi Kurdistan-focused oil producer Genel Energy's2019 free cash flow is to rise to more than $100million at crude oil prices of $45 a barrel, it said in atrading statement on Tuesday.
* HAYS: Staffing company Hays Plc reported an 8percent rise in quarterly net fees, boosted by strong hiring inGermany, its biggest market.
* BOOHOO: British online fashion retailer Boohooraised its full-year revenue guidance on Tuesday as it reportedrobust Christmas sales, successfully navigating a tough tradingenvironment.
* PROVIDENT FINANCAIL: Sub-prime lender Provident FinancialPlc said on Tuesday it expects earnings for the year tobe at the lower end of market expectations, blaming modestlyhigher impairment at its credit card business VanquisBank.
* PERSIMMON: Britain's second biggest housebuilder PersimmonPlc said on Tuesday it expects full-year pre-tax profitto be modestly ahead of market consensus, boosted by newconstruction projects.
* DIGNITY: Funeral services provider Dignity Plc DTY.L saidon Tuesday that it expects its full-year profit to above marketexpectations, boosted by higher average prices for its servicesand lower-than-expected costs.
* HSBC: HSBC has settled $250 billion worth offorex trades using blockchain in the last year, it said onMonday, suggesting the heavily hyped technology is gainingtraction in a sector until now hesitant to embraceit.
* BP Plc: Regulators in the U.S. state of Alaska willinvestigate all of the oil and natural gas wells operated by BPPlc at its Prudhoe Bay oil field after the release of asmall amount of crude oil and gas from a well that had earlierbeen shut.
* OIL: Oil prices rose 1 percent on Tuesday amid supply cutsled by producer club OPEC and Russia, although a darkeningeconomic outlook capped gains.
* GOLD: Gold prices were steady on Tuesday, pressured by afirm dollar on the back of concerns over slowing global growth,but well supported by expectations the U.S. Federal Reservecould refrain from raising interest rates this year.
* The UK blue chip index closed 0.9 percent lower at 6855.02on Monday, as disappointing exports data from China rekindledfears of slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy,and investors braced for a crucial vote on the country's divorcefrom the EU.
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