News: RIO UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Oct. 15

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Oct 15 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening steady on Friday, with futures .FFIc1 marginally up 0.25%.

• HARGREAVES LANSDOWN: British fund supermarket Hargreaves Lansdown HRGV.L reported 1.3 billion pounds ($1.78 billion) of net new business in the quarter ended September, after more investors poured money into its cash management services as the economy recovers.
• JUPITER: Jupiter Fund Management JUP.L saw outflows of 569 million pounds ($778 million) in the three months ended September, it said, as investors redeemed mutual funds and shunned British and European equity products.
• PEARSON: Global education group Pearson PSON.L said more than two million people had signed up for its new Pearson+ app, boosting its confidence for the future.
• Britain's Brexit minister David Frost said that the European Union needs to make significant change if there is to be a deal over the Northern Irish part of the Brexit divorce deal, Politico reported.
• RIO TINTO: Rio Tinto Group (RIO) RIO.L reduced its 2021 iron ore shipments forecast, as a tighter labour market in Western Australia delayed the completion of a new greenfield mine at Gudai-Darri.
• GOLD: Gold was set on Friday for its best week in more than five months as a retreat in the U.S. dollar and Treasury yields lifted the metal's appeal despite a looming Federal Reserve taper.
• OIL: Oil prices climbed on Friday, heading for gains of more than 2% for the week, on increasing signs of robust demand and tighter supplies over the next few months as rocketing gas and coal prices stoke a switch to oil products.
• London's FTSE 100 rose to a two-month high on Thursday, boosted by heavyweight oil and mining stocks.
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