March 1 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 is seen opening 32 pointshigher at 7,107 on Friday, according to financial bookmakers, while FTSE 100futures were up 0.35 percent ahead of the cash market open.
* William Hill: British bookmaker William Hill Plc reported lowerfull-year adjusted operating profit on Friday, hurt partly by higher costs toexpand in the United States.
* Man Group: British hedge fund firm Man Group said on Friday totalfunds under management fell 0.5 percent to $108.5 billion in the year toend-December on market weakness and currency losses.
* Jupiter Fund: British asset manager Jupiter Fund Management posteda 7 percent fall in full-year pretax profit on Friday, after assets undermanagement fell sharply on the back of market volatility.
* Lloyds: Lloyds Banking Group said on Friday it had started apreviously announced share buyback programme worth up to 1.75 billion pounds($2.32 billion) of ordinary shares.
* Robert Walters: Recruiter Robert Walters Plc said on Friday thatuncertainty surrounding Brexit will keep affecting client and candidateconfidence in Britain.
* Royal Dutch Shell: Royal Dutch Shell Plc, RDSa.AX said on Fridayit was informed by the Dutch Public Prosecutor's Office that they were preparingto prosecute the oil major for criminal charges related to its 2011 purchase ofa Nigerian oilfield.
* London Stock Exchange: London Stock Exchange Group Plc, reported ajump in full-year adjusted operating profit on Friday, saying its clearing,capital markets and information services businesses grew strongly.
* IMI: UK-based specialised engineering company IMI Plc said onFriday it expects organic revenue in the first half of 2019 to be lower, hit byslowing demand in the industrial automation sector.
* WPP: WPP, the world's biggest advertising company, said itexpected organic growth to drop by as much as 2 percent in 2019 following theloss of major clients, but said it had seen a good reaction to itsrestructuring.
* TBC BANK: Georgia's biggest retail bank TBC Bank Group Plc saidon Thursday its corporate subsidiary TBC Bank JSC had received $34 million loanfrom the European Investment Bank.
* LLOYDS: Lawmakers have criticised a move by Britain's Lloyds Banking Groupto impose more expensive and complex overdraft fees on customers onlymonths before a regulatory clampdown.
* PREMIER OIL: Britain's Premier Oil has teamed up with U.S. privateequity fund Apollo Global Management to bid for oil and gas fields ownedby Chevron in the British North Sea, according to industrysources.
* BARCLAYS: John Varley, former CEO of Barclays, told investigatorsin 2014 he had had to delegate responsibility during the British bank's effortsto raise more than 11 billion pounds ($15 billion) at the height of the creditcrisis.
* GOLD: Gold prices hit a two-week low on Friday as upbeat U.S. economicdata boosted the dollar, while mounting concerns over a slowdown in globalgrowth offered support to the safe-haven metal.
* OIL: Oil prices rose on Friday as markets tightened amid output cuts byproducer club OPEC, but surging U.S. supply and a global economic slowdownprevented crude from climbing further.
* The UK blue chip index closed 0.46 percent down at 7074.73 on Thursday asresults hurt packaging firm Mondi, miners fell on weak Chinese factory data andRolls-Royce slipped after dropping out of the race to supply engines forBoeing's mid-market aircraft.
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