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LONDON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening down by 103 points or 1.7 percent on Wednesday, according to spreadbetters at London Capital Group. Futures FFIc1 were down 1.1 percent ahead of the cash market open. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on ID:nL5N1102J5
* The UK blue-chip index posted its biggest one-day rise since 2011 on Tuesday after China cut interest rates to calm markets, following turbulence that has rocked equities globally. It closed up 3.1 percent to 6,081.34 points.
* BHP BILLITON BLT.L - BHP Billiton's investment-grade credit ratings might come under pressure in the current financial year, ratings agencies said on Wednesday, after the top global miner posted its weakest profit in a decade but still hiked dividends. ID:nL4N1111QZ
* VODAFONE VOD.L - Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc QCOM.O has sold its U.K. spectrum rights to Vodafone Group Plc and CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd 0001.HK for about 200 million pounds ($313.8 million), Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. ID:nL4N11068M
* GLENCORE GLEN.L - Century Aluminum Co CENX.O , which is owned by Glencore , said on Tuesday it will idle its Hawesville, Kentucky, smelter, the first aluminum plant to shut in years as sinking prices and increased Chinese exports harm producers. ID:nL1N1102C7
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