UK Stocks-Factors to watch on November 9

Nov 9 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up on Monday, with futures up 0.1%.

* UK'S JOB MARKET: Britain's jobs market cooled in October but starting salaries for permanent jobs rose at a faster pace, according to a survey of recruiters published a few days after the Bank of England raised interest rates.

* ELECTRIC VEHICLE: The British government is expected to cut its electric vehicle sales target for 2030 by about a quarter to around 60%, the Guardian reported on Sunday, citing government sources.

* BP: BP BP.L on Friday said representatives from its 440,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana had offered to meet United Steelworkers Local 7-1 next week but had yet to receive confirmation from the union.

* GSK: British drugmaker GSK GSK.L has settled lawsuits that accused Moderna's MRNA.O COVID-19 vaccines Spikevax and mNEXSPIKE and RSV shot mResvia of infringing its patents, the companies said on Friday.

* OIL: Oil prices fell on Monday after US President Donald Trump downplayed the likelihood of new strikes on Iran, though attacks on ships near the Strait of Hormuz kept supply concerns in focus.

* GOLD: Gold rose more than 1% on Monday as softer oil prices eased inflation concerns, while investors awaited key US inflation data and fresh signals from the Federal Reserve on its policy outlook.

* METALS: Copper prices bounced back from last week's rout on Monday as supply concerns persisted in top consumer China, although implications from the US midterm elections on tariffs and AI infrastructure remained a headwind.

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