There is not much happening on the corporate front on Wednesday, so attenton will be focused on the release of the minutes of the most recent meeting of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
The MPC voted 9-0 in favour of maintaining the status quo on rates and asset purchases in November, and the general expectation is that the 9-0 result would have been repeated at December's meeting.
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