UK Stocks-Factors to watch on September 28

By Reuters News

Sept 28 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Monday, with futures up 0.3%.


* DEFENCE: British finance minister John Healey will firmly back firms investing in defence as part of a new industrialisation drive to spur the nation's anaemic economic growth.

* HEATHROW: Andy Burnham declined to give his backing on Sunday to plans to build a third runway at Heathrow, saying it was a matter for people who live near London's main airport. Heathrow Airport said the opening of its planned third runway could be delayed until 2039.

* PUBLIC FINANCES: Andy Burnham said on Saturday he had to show investors he had faced "up to the reality" of the public finances to stabilise markets before making bigger changes to the economy.

* BUDGET: Britain's budget forecasters may raise their view of productivity growth under a new measurement method, but too late to help John Healey's tax and spending plans next month, a think tank said on Friday.

* MONZO: Brazil's Nubank is in early-stage talks with British digital bank Monzo about a potential combination that could value Monzo at £8 billion-£10 billion, Sky News reported on Saturday.

* OIL: Oil prices rebounded more than 1% after Donald Trump rejected Iran's peace deal.

* GOLD: Gold prices fell more than 2% as rising oil prices heightened inflation concerns and reinforced expectations of further Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes.

* METALS: Copper fell to its lowest in 10 days as rising oil prices and a strong U.S. dollar weighed on industrial metals.

* The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed up 0.14% on Friday as declines in energy shares from weaker oil prices were offset by gains in banks and miners.


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