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Feb 17 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening flat at 7278 points on Friday, according to financial bookmakers , with futures FFIc1 up 0.02 percent ahead of the cash market open.
* The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE ended the day down 0.3 percent at 7,277.92 points on Thursday, in line with a broader decline among European indexes. The FTSE dropped 28.46 points, of which 27.64 were due to ex-divs, according to Reuters calculations. ESSENTRA: Essentra Plc ESNT.L , a supplier of speciality plastic and packaging components, said full-year profit fell 26 percent on flagging sales at its health and personal care packaging unit, due to integration issues from an acquisition completed in 2015. ANGLO AMERICAN: Anglo American AAL.L is struggling to win approval from regulators for its plan to redesign its El Soldado copper mine in Chile, two sources with knowledge of the situation said on Thursday, which could possibly lead to the suspension of operations at the mine. BREXIT: Britain should be prepared to scrap all tariffs on imports unilaterally when it leaves the European Union to give consumers and the broader economy a boost, even if it hurts some businesses, economists who favour Brexit said on Thursday. OIL: Oil prices edged up on Friday, lifted by a report that producer club OPEC could extend an output cut aimed at reining in a global fuel supply overhang. Brent crude futures LCOc1 were trading at $55.76 per barrel at 0311 GMT, up 11 cents from their last close. COPPER: Copper prices climbed on Friday following overnight losses, supported above the key $6,000-mark by major supply restrictions at the world's two biggest mines in Chile and Indonesia. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 was up around 0.8 percent at $6,005 at 0245 GMT, after earlier climbing as far $6,038. It fell over 1 percent the session before. GOLD: Gold prices held firm on Friday as the dollar hovered near one-week lows, keeping the metal on track for a third week of gains amid political uncertainties in the United States and Europe. Spot gold XAU= was steady at $1,238.16 per ounce at 0321 GMT. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets
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