UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Sept 24
Corrects Dunelm entry from Sept. 24 to say stake sale is worth 114 million pounds, not 11.4 million pounds
Sept 24 (Reuters) -Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Tuesday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.6%.
* SMITHS GROUP: UK engineering firm Smiths GroupSMIN.L announcedacquisitions of two North American companies for up to 110 million pounds ($146.89 million), and posted a slight miss in its annual profit.
* DUNELM: British homeware retailer Dunelm'sDNLM.L top shareholder, Will Adderley, and his private investment firm havesold a 4.9% stake in the company for 114 million pounds, bookrunner Barclays said.
* RASPBERRY PI: Raspberry PiRPI.L, the British computer company that floated in June, reportedstronger-than-expected adjusted earnings of $20.9 million for the first half, but kept its outlook for the full year unchanged.
* NEWRIVER REIT: Britain's NewRiver REITNRRT.L wouldbuy smaller rival Capital & Regional Plc CAL.L in a stock-and-cash deal valued at about 147 million pounds, the shopping centres and retail parks owner said on Tuesday.
* BP: Oil major BP BP.L shut in oil and gas production at two U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms and curtailed output at two others ahead of a storm predicted to become a major hurricane.
* OIL: Oil prices rose on news of fresh monetary stimulus from top importer China, and concerns escalating tensions in the Middle East could hit supply from the key producing region, while a major hurricane loomed over the U.S., the world's biggest crude producer.
* GOLD: Gold prices steadied after surging to a record high in the previous session, following broadly dovish comments from U.S. Federal Reserve officials and escalating tensions in the Middle East.
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Reporting by Prerna Bedi and DhanushVignesh Babu in Bengaluru
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