feb 17 reuters  britains ftse 100 ftse index is seen opening lower on thursday with futures down 010  casinoocado french retailer groupe casino and british online technology firm ocado group ocdol said they would develop ecommerce logistics centres for retailers in france in a major expansion of their partnership read more  mondi paper and packaging company mondi plc mndil said on thursday it would sell its personal care components business to japans nitto denko corp 6988t as the ukbased group focuses on building its core packaging and paper divisions read more  stanchart standard chartered stanl boosted its staff bonus pool 38 to 137 billion in 2021 even as it said it is trying to cut fixed costs a sign of how banks are returning to bumper payouts after weathering the covid pandemic in better shape than expected  stanchart standard chartered raised its core profitability goals and promised shareholders extra payouts on thursday despite fullyear profit undershooting expectations as it banks on inflationbattling rate hikes worldwide to boost lending read more  shell shell has become the first supplier of sustainable aviation fuel saf in singapore and plans to start blending the fuel at its plant in the aviation hub the company said during an event at the singapore airshow read more  embraerrolls royce brazil planemaker embraer embr3sa said it signed a research partnership with norwegian company widerøe and rollsroyce rrl aiming to create a conceptual zeroemission regional aircraft read more  ofgem britains energy market regulator ofgem will introduce two shortterm measures to help to stabilise the uk energy market it said after soaring prices have forced dozens of suppliers to quit the market read more  covid19 britain said it would offer covid19 vaccines to all 511 year olds widening the rollout of vaccines in children in a decision that has been taken more slowly than in some other countries read more  oil oil recovered some of its more than 2 fall in asian trade on thursday after russianbacked rebels in eastern ukraine accused kyiv government forces on thursday of shelling their territory with mortars read more  londons ftse 100 inched lower on wednesday as gains in commodity stocks were offset by losses in retailers following a spike in january inflation while indivior jumped on its plans for a us listing read more  for more on the factors affecting european stocks please click on