UK Stocks-Factors to watch on October 21

Oct 21 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up on Wednesday, with futures up 0.1%.

*PAY SETTLEMENTS: Pay settlements by British employers edged up in the three months to the end of September but there was little sign of a shift in wage trends, human resources data firm Brightmine said on Wednesday.

*BANK OF ENGLAND:Bank of England policymaker Megan Greene said the risks of a pickup in broader inflation as a result of the energy price shock from the Iran war were greater than the BoE expected and she reiterated her view that interest rates should go up.

*REVOLUT: British bank Revolut's website said some services had started working again by 1700 GMT on Tuesday, after an hours-long Google Cloud outage that disrupted several financial firms and public-sector websites.

* OIL: Oil prices gained over $1 on Wednesday as escalating Middle East tensions fuelled fears of supply disruptions, while falling US crude and product inventories lent support to the market.

* GOLD: Gold prices eased for a fourth session on Wednesday as higher oil prices stoked inflationary concerns, while investors looked ahead to next week's Federal Reserve policy meeting for clues on the future path of interest rates.

* METALS: Copper held largely steady on Wednesday, though record premium offers for next year's European deliveries underscored supply shortages outside the US market.

* FTSE 100: Britain's FTSE 100 ended lower on Tuesday as banks and commodity-linked stocks weighed, while signs of resilience in the labour market kept expectations alive for a Bank of England rate hike next month.

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