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Feb 15 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 41 points higher at 6,631 on Monday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures .FFIc1 up 0.83% ahead of cash market open.
- MITCHELLS & BUTLERS: Mitchells & Butlers MAB.L said it intends to raise 350 million pounds through an open offer of shares, and has reached an agreement with its bankers for a new credit facility.
- VODAFONE: Vodafone's VOD.L Vantage Towers infrastructure company reaffirmed its target to produce pro-forma free cash flow of 375-385 million euros in the 2021 financial year in an update ahead of its listing as a standalone company in Frankfurt.
- Rolls-Royce: Rolls-Royce RR.L named Panos Kakoullis as its new chief financial officer, appointing the former head of Deloitte's audit and assurance practice to help it ride out COVID-19.
- COCA-COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS: Coca-Cola Amatil (CCL) said that Coca-Cola Co's European bottler raised its takeover offer by around 6% to A$9.93 billion as global trading conditions improve.
- ASTRAZENECA: The University of Oxford has launched a study to assess the safety and immune response of the COVID-19 vaccine it has developed with AstraZeneca AZN.L in children for the first time, it said on Saturday.
- HOUSE PRICES: Asking prices for homes in Britain unexpectedly rose in January and early February as buyers kept on looking for properties.
- GOLD: Gold eased after U.S. Treasury yields jumped to their highest in nearly 11 months in the previous session.
- OIL: Oil prices soared as fears of heightened tensions in the Middle East prompted fresh buying.
- The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed 0.9% higher on Friday led by gains in healthcare stocks as investors remained optimistic of a vaccine-led economic recovery.
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