News: RIO UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Sept 2

Sept 2 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher, with futures FFIc1 up 0.72% on Friday.

• HSBC: The U.S. Federal Reserve has terminated a decade-long enforcement action against HSBC HSBA.L for violation of anti-money laundering rules and sanction laws.
• RIO TINTO: A minority shareholder of Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd TRQ.TO said it does not support Rio Tinto's RIO.L , (RIO) latest sweetened offer to buy the rest of the Canadian miner for $3.3 billion.
• SHELL: Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N and Shell SHEL.L confirmed the sale of their California oil joint-venture Aera to German asset manager IKAV for $4 billion.
• EXPORT: Britain is hopeful that G7 ministers will agree to a price cap scheme for Russian oil exports, finance minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Thursday.
• BOE: The Bank of England should reconfigure a programme designed to encourage banks to lend cheaply to small businesses to ensure capital-intensive green projects are not starved of investment as interest rates rise, a think tank proposed.
• ENERGY: Europe's wealthiest nations face rising risks of civil unrest over the winter, including street protests and demonstrations, due to high energy prices and mounting costs of living, according to a risk consultancy firm.
• GOLD: Gold prices crawled higher ahead of a key U.S. labour report, but the metal faces a third consecutive weekly loss on bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will retain its aggressive rate-hike stance.
• OIL: Oil prices climbed on bets that OPEC+ will discuss output cuts at a meeting on Sept. 5.
• FTSE 250: UK's midcap index on Thursday marked its longest losing streak since the height of pandemic-induced selloff in 2020 as a weak sterling and spiralling inflation fed into fears of a deep recession in Britain.
• UK CORPORATE DIARY: Ashmore ASHM.L FY Results

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