News: RIO UK Stocks-Factors to watch on June 4

June 4 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 1 point lower on Friday, according to financial bookmakers.

• ASTRAZENECA: Malaysian health authorities said on Friday conditional approval had been granted for AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Siam Bioscience Co in Thailand.

• RIO: Rio Tinto (RIO) has made its first Aboriginal board appointment, hiring former Western Australian state treasurer Ben Wyatt as it strives to rebuild its reputation following last year's destruction of the Juukan Gorge rockshelters.
• CAR SALES: British new car registrations rose by around 670% in May compared to the same month last year when showrooms were closed due to lockdown measures, according to preliminary industry data released.
• HIRING: British employers took on permanent staff last month at the fastest rate since records started being kept in the late 1990s, a survey showed in another sign that the economy is rebounding swiftly from the COVID-19 pandemic.
• BOE: Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Thursday that the central bank would cut the carbon emissions from printing banknotes and running its buildings to net zero by 2050 at the very latest.
• RYANAIR: There is no justification for Britain's decision on Thursday to remove Portugal from its quarantine-free travel list, Ryanair said on Thursday, saying travel to the country was "perfectly safe" due to the vaccination programme in both countries.
• G7 MEETING: British finance minister Rishi Sunak said he was very hopeful that a meeting of G7 finance ministers in London on Friday and Saturday would reach a concrete agreement on taxing large tech companies and other goals.
• METALS: Shanghai copper prices dropped to their lowest in nearly six weeks and were set for a weekly decline on worries about tighter U.S. monetary policy after strong jobs data.

• OIL: Oil prices dropped as concerns about the patchy roll-out of anti-coronavirus vaccinations around the globe tempered optimism earlier in the week that demand for fuels was recovering from the depths of the pandemic.
• London's FTSE 100 snapped a three-day winning streak to inch lower on Thursday, as miners and B&M European Value Retail's downbeat earnings outlook weighed.
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