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British stocks unchanged ahead of Brexit vote; Shell dips

   By Reuters Staff

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   Dec 20 (Reuters) - UK shares held steady on Friday as trading began to
   wind down ahead of Christmas and investors awaited a parliamentary vote
   on the Brexit deal, while Shell dipped after it forecast $2.3 billion
   in impairment charges for its latest quarter.

   The FTSE 100 and the FTSE 250 were roughly flat by 0810 GMT. With major
   events such as a ‘phase one’ U.S.-China trade deal and the British
   election done, the vote on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s divorce deal
   is set to take centre stage.

   With a clear majority in parliament, the deal - which now includes a
   provision for a hard, December 2020 deadline to reach a trade agreement
   with the European Union - is expected to be ratified without any major
   hiccups.

   Shell gave up 1%, the most notable move in early deals, as the oil
   major also trimmed its forecast for quarterly oil production sales.
   (Reporting by Shashwat Awasthi in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu
   Sahu)

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