News: RIO UK Stocks-Factors to watch on July 26

July 26 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 25 points lower on Monday, according to financial bookmakers.

• RYANAIR: Ryanair RYA.I nudged up its forecast for full-year traffic on strong summer bookings, but said fares remained well below pre-pandemic levels as it reported an after-tax loss of 273 million euros ($321.48 million) for the three months to the end of June.
• COVID-19: The British government will be exposed to financial risks from its 372 billion pound pandemic spending for decades, according to lawmakers' reports on Sunday.
• FCA: Crypto broker CoinBurp is not fully authorised before Monday's planned launch of its $BURP token and initial exchange offering, Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Sunday, in its latest crack down on crypto trading.
• RIO TINTO: Canadian union Unifor said on Sunday about 900 workers had started strike action at global miner Rio Tinto RIO.L operations in the western Canadian province of British Columbia.
• VODAFONE: UK's Vodafone VOD.L said on Friday it intends to launch additional share buy-back programmes over the next eight months to partially offset the increase in the company's issued share capital due to maturing of a convertible bond programme.
• GOLD: Gold prices inched higher, supported by easing U.S. bond yields and concerns over rising Delta variant infections.
• OIL: Oil prices fell as concerns about fuel demand from the spread of COVID-19 variants and floods in China offset expectations of tight supplies through the rest of the year.
• The FTSE 100 index ended higher on Friday, led by gains in consumer staples and a jump in Vodafone shares on strong results.
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