Sept 13 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening lower on Wednesday, with futures down 0.35%.
* AVIVA: Aviva is quitting its Singlife joint venture, selling its 25.9% stake in Singapore Life Holdings and two debt instruments pounds to Sumitomo Life for a combined 800 million pounds ($996.96 million), the British insurer said.
* ST. JAMES'S PLACE: British asset manager St. James's Place on Wednesday appointed former Prudential executive Mark FitzPatrick to succeed Andrew Croft, who is stepping down in early December.
* TULLOW OIL: West Africa-focused Tullow Oil reduced the upper-end of its production outlook for this year to 58,000-60,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 58,000-64,000 bpd.
* REDROW: Redrow said it expected its profit to more than halve in fiscal 2024, after the UK homebuilder posted a 4% decline in annual earnings ahead of estimates amid a pronounced slowdown in the housing market.
* 888 HOLDINGS: British bookmaker 888 Holdings said it has appointed Sean Wilkins as its chief financial officer, replacing Yariv Dafna.
* BP: BP plans to invest up to 10 bln euros ($10.7 bln) in low-carbon fuels, renewables and EV charging in Germany by the end of the decade.
* ECONOMY: Britain's economy contracted at the fastest pace this year in an unexpectedly poor reading for the month of July, with strikes in hospitals and schools weighing on output, official data showed.
* OIL: Oil prices rose to firm its ground near a 10-month peak reached during trading a day earlier.
* METALS: Base metals fell, as oil hitting a near 10-month high worsened price rise fears ahead of the release of key U.S. inflation data, while investors also gauged the demand outlook from top consumer China.
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