News: RIO UK Stocks-Factors to watch on June 6

June 6 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index .FTSE is seen opening higher on Monday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.98%.

• RUSAL-RIO: Rusal RUAL.MM has filed a lawsuit against Rio Tinto (RIO) , seeking to win back access to its 20% share of the alumina produced at a jointly owned refiner in Queensland.

• SAINSBURY'S: Shareholders in Sainsbury's SBRY.L will get to vote on a resolution at next month's annual meeting.

• UNILEVER: Germany's Flossbach von Storch, a top-10 shareholder of Unilever ULVR.L , is backing Nelson Peltz to bring urgency to the company, it said.
• SHELL: Britain's regulator approved Shell's SHEL.L revised plan to develop a North Sea natural gas field.

• EASYJET: EasyJet EZJ.L cancelled 80 flights due to the ongoing challenging operating environment.
• COUNTRYSIDE: The biggest shareholder in Countryside Partnerships CSPC.L has urged the board to find a buyer for the group, and to include Inclusive Capital in the sales process.
• AIB-NATWEST: Allied Irish Banks AIBG.I will pay NatWest Group NWG.L 5.4 billion euros ($5.75 billion) to acquire its Irish tracker mortgage book.
• ANTOFAGASTA: Chile's environmental regulator initiated a sanction process against Antofagasta Minerals' ANTO.L Los Pelambres copper mine for deficiencies associated with tailings management, the agency said in a statement.
• GOLD: Gold prices edged higher, supported by a slight pullback in U.S. Treasury yields, although bullion's outlook remained vulnerable to aggressive interest rate hikes by central banks.
• OIL: Oil futures jumped, with Brent rising above $120 a barrel after Saudi Arabia hiked prices for its crude sales in July, signalling tight supply even after OPEC+ agreed to accelerate output increases over the next two months.

• FTSE 100: UK stocks edged lower on Wednesday ahead of an extended public holiday weekend, as ex-dividend trading impacted shares of National Grid and Vodafone, while Dr. Martens surged more than 20% after the footwear brand lifted its annual revenue forecast.
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