June 12 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100  .FTSE  index is seen opening up 10
points at 7,747 on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers.    
    
    * BHP: Unionized workers at BHP's  BLT.L   BHP.AX  Spence copper mine in
northern Chile agreed on Monday to a new collective labor contract, the company
and the union said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1TD0W5
    * RANGER DIRECT: Two large investors in Ranger Direct Lending Fund  RDL.L ,
Oaktree Capital Management  OAK.N  and LIM Advisors, said they would continue a
push to elect their board nominees at the closed-end fund that announced it was
winding itself down.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1TE036
    * WPP: More than a quarter of investors at WPP  WPP.L  have cast votes
against a pay report to be discussed at Wednesday's annual general meeting,
angered by benefits for former chief executive Martin Sorrell, according to Sky
News reporter Mark Kleinman.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1TD5GA
    * IMF: International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde led an attack by
global economic organisations on U.S. President Donald Trump's "America First"
trade policy on Monday, warning that clouds over the global economy "are getting
darker by the day".  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1TD1A9
    * VEDANTA: Vedanta Resources  VED.L  plans to double finished copper
production at Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) to 200,000 tonnes this year,
the CEO of its Zambian unit said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1TD59X
    * OIL: Oil markets were stable on Tuesday amid cautious optimism over the
outcome of a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader
Kim Jong Un in Singapore.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1TE076
    * GOLD: Gold prices eased on Tuesday as the dollar strengthened amid
encouraging signs from a historic U.S.-North Korea summit and a likely interest
rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve, limiting demand for the yellow metal.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1TE1A9
    * The UK blue chip index closed 0.7 percent higher at 7,737.43 on Monday,
helped by gains in big international companies such as British American Tobacco
 BATS.L  and Diageo  DGE.L .  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1TD4NR
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 Ted Baker Plc                  TED.L    Trading Update
 CML Microsystems Plc           CML.L    Full Year 2018 Results
 Bellway PLC                    BWY.L    Trading Statement 
 Halma PLC                      HLMA.L   Full Year 2018 Results
 British American Tobacco PLC   BATS.L   Half Year 2018 Trading Update 
 
        
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