UK Stocks-Factors to watch on February 9 (updated)

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Feb 9 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Monday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.5%.

* NATWEST: NatWest Group NWG.L said it had agreed to buy Evelyn Partners in a
deal
 valuing one of Britain's largest wealth managers at 2.7 billion pounds, including debt.

* PLUS500: Plus500 PLUSP.L
forecast
 its annual results to exceed market expectations, as the online trading platform expands its operations globally via partnerships and deals.

* WPP: WPP WPP.L is preparing to bring its three main creative
advertising agencies
 under one banner as part of a streamlining push that will be unveiled later this month, the Financial Times reported.

* LSEG: The Indian foreign exchange
trading system
 of financial technology and data provider LSEG LSEG.L has resumed functioning, four traders said, following technical glitches in early trade.

* OCADO: Ocado OCDO.L plans to cut up to 1,000 jobs, or roughly 5% of its workforce, as part of a renewed cost-cutting drive, the Sunday Times reported.

* ANGLO AMERICAN: Angola is pursuing a 20%-30% stake in De Beers, a senior official from Angola's mining ministry told Reuters.

* BP: The union representing hundreds of workers at BP's BP.L Whiting refinery said the oil major does not intend to honour the national oil bargaining agreement. BP said it was not obligated to follow any pattern and will continue to bargain in the best interests of everyone.

* JOBS: Starting salaries for permanent staff in Britain showed their biggest rise in nearly a year and a half in January, according to a survey.

* COMMODITIES: Oil prices fell 1%, copper rose, and gold extended gains.

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 (Compiled by Neeshita Beura in Bengaluru)

 ((Neeshita.Beura@thomsonreuters.com))