Nov 26 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100  .FTSE  index is seen opening 25
points higher at 6,977 on Monday, according to financial bookmakers.  
    * OIL: Oil prices recovered some losses on Monday after a near 8 percent
drop in the previous session, but remained under pressure with Brent crude below
$60 per barrel amid weak fundamentals and struggling financial markets.
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    * GOLD: Gold prices were little changed with investors looking to a G20
meeting this week for signs of a thaw in the Sino-U.S. trade conflict, although
a stronger dollar amid fears of a slowdown in global growth weighed on bullion.
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    * DRAX: Britain's Drax Group Plc  DRX.L  has started a pilot project to
capture and store carbon dioxide emissions at its biomass plant, the first of
its kind in Europe, it said on Monday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1XY3YZ
    * ASTON MARTIN: Luxury carmaker Aston Martin  AML.L  has not yet seen a
slowdown in its key markets and aims to more than double the number of cars it
makes by 2025, its chief executive officer said on Sunday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1Y00OT
    * The UK blue chip index  .FTSE  closed 7.46 points lower at 6952.86 on
Friday, as a deepening oil rout brought a tentative rally earlier in the day to
a halt and investors moved to the sidelines before a key EU summit on Sunday.
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    * For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets
    
    * UK CORPORATE DIARY:
 Sanderson Group Plc          SND.L      Full-year earnings statement
 Augmentum Fintech Plc        AUGM.L     Interim statement
 Cake Box Holdings Plc        CBOX.L     Interim statement
 Polar Capital Holdings Plc   POLR.L     Interim statement
 Palace Capital Plc           PCA.L      Interim statement
 
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