Custodian Property Income REIT PLC and abrdn Property Income Trust Ltd on Friday said they have agreed to an all-share merger to create a real estate investment trust with combined assets of GBP1.0.
Investors' focus at the end of the week would shift towards Asia, where the Japanese Bureau of Statistics was set to publish consumer price data for October.
Investors' focus over the coming week will be on the Chancellor's Autumn statement, on Tuesday, with the most recent economic data showing that he had approximately £90bn of leeway to tweak fiscal policy.