April 10 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 1 point at 7,426 on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers.
* SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell Plc RDSa.L is about halfway through a planned overhaul of the gasoline-producing Residual Catalytic Cracking Unit (RCCU) at its 218,200 barrel-per-day (bpd) Norco, Louisiana refinery, said sources familiar with plant operations. INDIVIOR: The U.S. Justice Department announced on Tuesday the indictment of Indivior Plc INDV.L and a subsidiary on charges they engaged in an illegal scheme to boost prescriptions of the film version of its opioid addiction treatment Suboxone. OIL: Oil prices moved little on Wednesday, supported by supply cuts by producer group OPEC and U.S. sanctions against oil exporters Iran and Venezuela, but pressured by expectations that an economic slowdown could soon dent fuel consumption. GOLD: Gold prices inched down on Wednesday as the dollar firmed, but the metal remained near a two-week peak hit in the previous session as equities slipped on concerns over global growth and trade tensions between the United States and Europe. STANDARD CHARTERED: Standard Chartered Plc STAN.L has agreed to pay $1.1 billion to U.S. and British authorities for conducting illegal financial transactions that violated sanctions against Iran and other countries, government authorities announced on Tuesday. RIO TINTO: Mining giant Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) RIO.AX said a fire had damaged a facility at one of its Pilbara iron ore operations, though there was no word on whether it would impact shipping of the mineral. The UK blue chip index closed 0.4 percent lower on Tuesday, as the U.S. and European Union exchanged tariff threats, the IMF cut global growth forecasts and oil majors slipped after Russia signalled an output boost, while investors awaited fresh Brexit updates. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: LIVE/
* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Immedia Group PLC
Full Year 2018 Earnings Release Cambria Africa PLC
Half Year 2019 Earnings Release Octopus Apollo VCT PLC
Full Year 2019 Earnings Release Ergomed PLC
Full Year 2018 Earnings Release Epwin Group PLC
Full Year 2018 Earnings Release Katoro Gold PLC
Full Year 2018 Earnings Release Escape Hunt PLC
Full Year 2018 Earnings Release Arena Events Group PLC
Full Year 2018 Earnings Release Tesco PLC
Full Year 2019 Earnings Release Touchstar PLC
Full Year 2018 Earnings Release Walker Greenbank PLC
Full Year 2019 Earnings Release Futura Medical PLC
Full Year 2018 Earnings Release ASOS PLC
Half Year 2019 Earnings Release Central Asia Metals PLC CAML.L
Full Year 2018 Earnings Release Pagegroup PLC
Q1 2019 Trading Statement Release
TODAY'S UK PAPERS
> Financial Times
PRESS/FT
> Other business headlines
PRESS/GB Multimedia versions of Reuters Top News are now available for:
*
* For Top News : http://topnews.reuters.com