Feb 27 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 28
points higher at 7,317.8 on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers.
* STANDARD CHARTERED: Standard Chartered Plc's pretax profit rose
six-fold in 2017, slightly below estimates, as it made its way back towards
higher revenues after two years of restructuring and dealing with bad loans in
some of its main markets.
* VODAFONE/DEUTSCHE TELEKOM/LIBERTY GLOBAL: Vodafone's CEO Vittorio
Colao said Deutsche Telekom's opposition to its plan to buy some
assets from Liberty Global was surprising, and he contested its
assertion that Vodafone wanted to shut down competition.
* DIAGEO: Diageo, the world's largest spirits company, is launching
a U.S. limited edition of its Johnnie Walker Black Label Scotch featuring a
woman on the label, called Jane Walker, it said on Monday.
* STANDARD LIFE ABERDEEN: Aberdeen Standard Investments, part of Standard
Life Aberdeen, will establish an investment and distribution business in
Ireland to ensure it continues to meet the needs of clients across the European
Union after Britain leaves the bloc.
* BREXIT: Britain must leave the European Union's customs union to be able
to sign new trade deals with the world's fastest-growing economies or risk
squandering one of the main benefits of Brexit, the trade minister, Liam Fox,
will say on Tuesday.
* The UK blue chip index closed closed up 0.6 percent at 7,289.58 points on
Monday, shaking off last week's slight decline as firmer commodity stocks and
Associated British Foods propped up the FTSE.
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* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
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Inchcape PLC Full Year 2017 Earnings
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Elementis PLC Full Year 2017 Earnings
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Drax Group PLC Full Year 2017 Earnings
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GKN PLC Full Year 2017 Earnings
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Provident Financial PLC Full Year 2017 Earnings
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Persimmon PLC Full Year 2017 Earnings
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James Fisher and Sons plc Full Year 2017 Earnings
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Derwent London PLC Full Year 2017 Earnings
Release
Meggitt PLC Full Year 2017 Earnings
Release
Coats Group PLC Full Year 2017 Earnings
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Direct Line Insurance Group PLC Full Year 2017 Earnings
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Virgin Money Holdings (UK) PLC Full Year 2017 Earnings
Release
Fresnillo PLC Full Year 2017 Earnings
Release
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(Reporting by Esha Vaish in Bengaluru)