UK Stocks-Factors to watch on March 24
Britain's FTSE 100 CURRENCYCOM:UK100 index is seen opening higher on Monday, with futures up 0.26%.* WOOD GROUP: UK's Wood Group said it has extended the deadline for a potential takeover offer by Dubai-based Sidara to April 17.* ARGO: Britain's Argo Blockchain said former chief growth officer Justin Nolan would return as the cryptocurrency miner's CEO.* S4: Martin Sorrell's ad group S4 Capital said it expects its clients to remain cautious in the near-term amid increasing macroeconomic uncertainty and concerns about a brewing trade war, after it slumped to an annual loss.* GSK: GSK said that the European Medicines Agency has agreed to review a request to approve the British drugmaker's asthama drug Nucala as an additional treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with an eosinophilic phenotype.* HEATHROW: London's Heathrow Airport resumed full operations on Saturday and ordered a probe into how it dealt with a power outage. Meanwhile, Britain's government has commissioned the national energy system operator to investigate the power outage, as experts questioned the airports contingency plans.* REEVES: British finance minister Rachel Reeves said that Britain will stick to its fiscal rules despite global upheaval.* SPENDING CUTS: Rachel Reeves is eyeing spending cuts for government officials saving over 2 billion pounds ($2.58 billion) a year by 2029-30, a cabinet office source said.* OIL: Oil prices inched up on the impact of U.S. sanctions on Iranian exports and Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks.* GOLD: Gold was little changed.* METALS: Copper prices in London edged higher.* For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: TODAY'S UK PAPERS> Financial Times > Other business headlines ($1 = 0.7744 pounds)