Aug 24 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening up 10
points on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers.        

    * SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell, Anadarko Petroleum and Exxon
Mobil announced they were curbing some oil and gas output on Wednesday
at facilities in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of a storm expected to hit the Texas
coast later this week.
    * STONEGATE PUB: Stonegate Pub Company  on Thursday will take a
decision on a 100 million pounds takeover of Revolution Bars, Sky News
reported on Wednesday. http://bit.ly/2g6mbWQ
    * OIL: Oil was steady on Thursday, holding gains from the previous session
after another fall in U.S. crude inventories indicated a tighter market, and as
a tropical storm was heading for oil producing facilities in the Gulf of
Mexico.
    * EX-DIVS: Carnival, London Stock Exchange Group, Mondi
, Paddy Power Betfair and Prudential Plc will trade
without entitlement to their latest dividend pay-out on Thursday, trimming 2.32
points off the FTSE 100 according to Reuters calculations 
    * The UK blue chip FTSE 100 index ended flat at 7,382.65 points on
Wednesday, as a sharp fall for advertiser WPP was offset by gains in
mining shares, which extended a strong run, and a buoyant health
sector.
    * For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets
    
    * UK CORPORATE DIARY:    
 Premier Oil PLC                    Half Year 2017 Earnings Release
 Hunting PLC                        Half Year 2017 Earnings Release
 OneSavings Bank                    Half Year 2017 Earnings Release
 Phoenix                            Half Year 2017 Earnings Release
 PlayTech                           Half Year 2017 Earnings Release
 Seadrill Partners LLC              Q2 2017 Earnings Release
 John Laing Group PLC               Half Year 2017 Earnings Release
 Sportech PLC                       Half Year 2017 Earnings Release
 Macfarlane Group PLC               Half Year 2017 Earnings Release
 PV Crystalox Solar                 Half Year 2017 Earnings Release
       
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 (Reporting by Siju Varghese)