Nov 30 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen...

Nov 30 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 11 points lower at 6,357 on Monday, according to financial bookmakers.

• RIO TINTO: Rio Tinto RIO.L will look to a handful of external candidates in a narrowing field for its new chief executive, as the miner tries to win back investors dismayed by the blasting of an ancient Australian rock shelter, bankers and investors say.
• ASTRAZENECA: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is assisting an inquiry into an alleged adverse reaction during AstraZeneca's AZN.L COVID-19 vaccine trial, but has found no reason to recommend halting it, a senior official at the regulator said on Sunday.
• FRASERS: Frasers Group FRAS.L , owned by billionaire retail boss Mike Ashley, has offered Philip Green's troubled Topshop retail group Arcadia a 50 million pound ($66.52 million) emergency loan, reported Sky News on Saturday.
• HSBC: HSBC Holdings Plc HSBA.L is considering a complete exit from retail banking in the United States after narrowing the options for how to improve performance at its struggling North America business, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.
• GOLD: Gold slipped and was on track for its worst month in four years, as optimism over a coronavirus vaccine-led economic rebound that propelled equities to record highs dulled the metal's safe-haven appeal.
• OIL: Crude oil prices fell amid investor jitters ahead of a meeting of producer group OPEC+ to decide whether to extend large output cuts to balance global markets, but vaccine hopes helped keep them on track to rise more than a fifth in November.
• The UK blue-chip index .FTSE rose slightly on Friday, but marked its first weekly loss this month as frictions in the Brexit process and a gloomy economic outlook due to the coronavirus weighed on sentiment.
• UK CORPORATE DIARY: Draper Esprit Plc GROW.L HY earnings Victoria Plc VCP.L HY earnings

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