UK Stocks-Factors to watch on November 12

Nov 12 - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Thursday, with futures up 0.7%.

*UK HOUSE SALES: British property surveyors were the most downbeat about the short-term outlook for house sales in more than three years in October, as rising interest rates for mortgages compressed demand, a survey showed on Thursday.

*EUROPEAN UNION: The European Union is set to delay a 10% tariff on electric cars from the UK, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

*HSBC: HSBC HSBA.L has been exploring ways to ease its reliance on China, including Hong Kong, and give more independence to its Singapore operations, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

*POUNDLAND: Gordon Brothers, the US investment firm that owns Britain's Poundland, must allow the discount retailer to have full access to its own bank accounts to give it a chance of securing a rescue deal, a senior British lawmaker said.

* COMMODITIES: Oil prices fell, gold prices fell and aluminium on the Shanghai Futures Exchange bounced on Thursday.

* EX-DIVS: BP BP.L, Airtel Africa AAF.L, Bunzl Public Limited Company BNZL.L and J Sainsbury SBRY.L will trade without entitlement to its latest dividend pay-out on Thursday.

*FTSE 100: Britain's FTSE 100 rose on Wednesday as higher oil and copper prices lifted energy and mining shares, while investors looked for clues on the Bank of England's interest-rate path.

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