UK stocks are expected to fall slightly on Thursday morning as investors react to the latest set of minutes from a policy meeting at the Federal Reserve.City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open around eight points lower than Wednesday's close of 6,696.60.Minutes from the late-October Federal Open Market Committee meeting revealed that the decision to end quantitative easing was a relatively easy one.However, stock markets in the States finished lower with investors none the wiser regarding the timing of the first rate hike."The key take-aways from the Fed minutes were that despite low inflation and a weak global economy, the focus is still on domestic strength and the timing/scale of potential rate hikes," said analysts at Rabobank.Stocks to watchThe Financial Conduct Authority has fined Royal Bank of Scotland £42m for the computer failures that hit more than 6.5m UK customers for several weeks in 2012. As expected, the regulator said it had fined RBS, and its NatWest and Ulster Bank subsidiaries, "for failing to put in place resilient IT systems which could withstand, or minimise the risk of, IT failures".Chemical and sustainable technologies group Johnson Matthey saw sales drop by a quarter in its first half due to the loss of a major contract with Anglo American Platinum, but lifted its dividend by 9% after profits improved. The company also said its outlook for the full year had improved slightly.Insurance industry services supplier Quindell has denied speculation that it was looking to sell its stake in Nationwide Accident Repair Services. The latest announcement by the company to the stock market comes after it emerged that the London Stock Exchange was investigating a sudden fall in Quindell's share price on Monday.British Gas owner Centrica has warned that its full year earnings will be lower than previously guided due to challenges including the cold weather in the US, warm weather in the UK and boiler inspections at its power stations. The energy giant said it now expected full year adjusted earnings per share to be in the range of 19-20p, having previous pointed investors to 21-22p.