March 15 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 is seen opening 15 pointshigher at 7,200 on Friday, according to financial bookmakers, while FTSE 100futures were up 0.15 percent ahead of the cash market open.
* PageGroup: British recruitment company PageGroup said its chiefexecutive Steve Ingham had badly hurt his back in a skiing accident, putting himout of action for a number of weeks.
* SThree: Recruiter SThree Plc posted a 9 percent rise infirst-quarter gross profit on Friday as strong hiring in international marketsoffset weakness in Britain.
* JD Wetherspoon: British pubs group JD Wetherspoon Plc posted an18.9 percent fall in first-half pretax profit on Friday as it battles highlabour costs.
* WPP: Martin Sorrell will earn 2.13 million pounds from the WPP long-termincentive plan this year after the marketing and communications group said itwould not challenge his right to benefit from the scheme, the Financial Timesreported on Thursday.
* Royal Dutch Shell: Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday it plannedto reduce carbon emissions from its oil and gas operations and product sales by2 percent to 3 percent during the 2016-2021 period, the first time the companyhas issued carbon footprint targets.
* Lloyds: A long-awaited probe into what Lloyds Banking Groupexecutives knew about one of Britain's worst-ever banking frauds is now notlikely to be completed until next year, a source with knowledge of the reviewsaid.
* Aston Martin: The total remuneration for the boss of luxury carmaker AstonMartin stood at 3 million pounds ($4 million) in 2018, according to thefirm's annual report.
* DEBENHAMS: Debenhams will consider a 150 million pound ($199million) loan offer from dissident shareholder Sports Direct, it said onThursday while indicating that Mike Ashley's latest push for control of thestruggling British department store group is unlikely to fly.
* GOLD: Gold prices edged down on Friday after slipping below the key $1,300level in the previous session, pressured by improving appetite for risk asBritish lawmakers voted to seek a delay to the country's exit from the EuropeanUnion.
* OIL: Oil prices were firm on Friday amid production cuts led by OPEC andas U.S. sanctions against Venezuela and Iran likely created a slight deficit inglobal supply in the first quarter of 2019.
* The UK blue chip index closed 0.37 percent higher at 7185.43 on Thursdayas financials cheered British lawmakers' rejection of a disruptive no-dealBrexit and oil majors rose on higher crude prices, but mid-cap retirementservices specialist Just Group slumped on plans to raise funds.
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