UK Stocks-Factors to watch on June 15

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15/06/2026 06:05

    June 15 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Monday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.7%.
* BP: BP BP.L has started a process to sell stakes in two of its Gulf of Mexico projects, four people with knowledge of the matter said.

    * HSBC: HSBC HSBA.L said it is working to 
    restore
     normal service after some Hong Kong customers reported having trouble using its mobile banking app.
  
* BOOTS: Australia's Sigma Healthcare SIG.AX said it had withdrawn from preliminary discussions to acquire pharmacy chain Boots.
* BBC: BBC is set to cut hundreds of jobs across its core news division next week in the first part of its downsizing, the Financial Times reported.
* VISTRY: Homebuilder Vistry VTYV.L has offered voluntary redundancies to employees, the Financial Times reported.
* SAINSBURY'S: Sainsbury's SBRY.L is kicking off a search for a new chairman, Sky News reported.
* BANKS: Britain's banks recorded the sharpest increase in losses to certain types of fraud since the COVID-era boom in technology-enabled scams, renewing calls for some government action.
* BAE SYSTEMS: Britain and Japan announced a tech partnership and pledged to speed up the progress of their next generation fighter jet, GCAP, developed by a JV of BAE Systems BAES.L, Leonardo and ​Japan Aircraft Industrial Enhancement.
* JOBS: Britain is losing manufacturing jobs abroad and risks the loss of major industries due to high energy costs, a manufacturing group and trade union body warned.
* COMMODITIES: Oil prices on Monday slipped to their lowest since March, copper rose to an over one-week high, and gold rose over 2%.
* FTSE: UK shares gained in a broad-based rally on Friday amid growing hoping of a peace agreement between Iran and the U.S., which sent crude oil prices lower.
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 (Compiled by Neeshita Beura in Bengaluru)
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