News: RIO UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Dec 5

Dec 5 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index .FTSE is expected to open lower on Tuesday, with futures FFIc1 down 0.17%.

• BARCLAYS: Qatar Holding is looking to sell around 510 million pounds ($644.54 million) of shares in Barclays BARC.L , one of the banks acting on the deal said on Monday, cutting back on its crisis-era investment in the British bank.
• RIO TINTO: Rio Tinto (RIO) , the world's largest iron-ore producer, has approved $77 million for the development of the Rhodes Ridge project in Western Australia, the company said.
• RETAIL SALES: British retail sales growth remained sluggish in November despite Black Friday deals, as the ongoing cost-of-living squeeze prompted shoppers to rein in spending on non-essential items, the British Retail Consortium said.
• INFLATION: The British public's expectations for inflation over the medium to long term rose in October, according to a survey published on Monday.
• FOREIGN WORKERS: British government on Monday announced a package of measures to cut net migration to United Kingdom.
• METAL: Base metals prices mostly fell.
• GOLD: Gold prices rose, as the U.S. dollar and Treasury yields fell.
• OIL: Oil prices were little changed amid uncertainty over voluntary output cuts by OPEC+, continued tension in the Middle East and weak economic data from the U.S.
• FTSE 100: Britain's FTSE 100 eased on Monday from a more than one-month closing peak.
• UK CORPORATE DIARY:

  DSCV.L DISCOVERIE HY RESULTS MOONM.L MOON PIG INTERIM RESULTS SSPG.L SSP PRELIMINARY RESULTS BATS.L BAT PRECLOSE STATEMENT AHT.L ASHTEAD GROUP Q2 RESULTS MARS.L MARSTON’S FY PRELIM IWG.L IWG CAPITAL MARKETS EVENT 94NA.L THAMES WATER H1 RESULTS

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