LONDON MARKET PRE-OPEN: AstraZeneca appoints Aradhana Sarin as new CFO
Fri, 4th Jun 2021 07:50
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London are seen opening marginally higher on Friday as tentative investors look ahead to the key US employment report for May at 1330 BST.
In early company news, Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca appointed the chief financial officer of takeover target Alexion Pharmaceuticals as its own CFO. Power generation company ContourGlobal acquired an asset in Italy. Hipgnosis acquired the catalogue of a Grammy-winning producer.
IG futures indicate the FTSE 100 index is to open 5.65 points higher at 7,070.00. The blue-chip index closed down 43.65 points, or 0.6%, at 7,064.35 on Thursday.