Jan 19 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is expected to open higher on Friday, with futures up 0.65%.
* RETAIL SALES: British retail sales volumes slumped by 3.2% in December from November, the biggest decline in nearly three years, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday.
* DELIVEROO: British meal delivery company Deliveroo said its 2023 earnings would be "slightly" ahead of the 60-80 million pounds ($76-101 million) it had guided, while the total value of orders on its platform had risen by 3%, in-line with its forecasts.
* BAE SYSTEMS: Kazakh carrier Air Astana announced
plans
on Friday to list its shares in London through an initial public offering of new shares and existing stock held by shareholders BAE Systems and Kazakhstan's sovereign wealth fund.
* WINCANTON: CEVA Logistics, a unit of French shipping group CMA CGM, said on Friday it would
buy
British logistics firm Wincanton in an all-cash deal worth about 566.9 million pounds ($718.8 million).
* SHELL: Nigeria backs Shell's decision to sell its onshore oil and gas assets, its junior oil minister said on Thursday, and will give the necessary regulatory approval.
* METAL: Copper advanced on Friday as the dollar dipped.
* GOLD: Gold prices slipped on Friday and were on track for their worst week in six.
* OIL: Oil prices rose on Friday as geopolitical tensions and oil output disruptions in the U.S., the world's biggest producer, caused by cold weather overshadowed concerns about slow Chinese demand growth and forecasts for ample supply.
* FTSE 100: British equities rose on Thursday.
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> Other business headlines (Reporting by Hani Kollathodi in Bengaluru)
