News: RIO UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on June 19

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June 19 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening six points higher at 6,230 on Friday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures FFIc1 rising 0.51% ahead of cash markets open.

• WOOD GROUP: Engineering and consultancy company Wood Group Plc WG.L said it expects its first-half core earnings to drop 19%, as the slump in oil prices led to delays in order intake.
• GULF KEYSTONE PETROLEUM: London-listed oil producer Gulf Keystone Petroleum GKP.L said it would cut about 40% of its workforce.
• RIO TINTO: Rio Tinto (RIO) RIO.L launched a board-led review into how the miner destroyed two ancient and sacred Aboriginal caves in Western Australia.
• UK MARKETS: Britain's markets watchdog proposed enabling consumers to extend a payment freeze on their credit cards by a further three months.
• RETAIL: British retail sales rebounded much more strongly than expected last month but public borrowing came in at a record high, as the country gradually relaxed its coronavirus lockdown.
• OIL: Oil prices pushed higher in early trade, building on gains in the previous session, after OPEC producers and allies promised to meet their supply cut commitments.
• GOLD: Gold prices edged higher, with the metal's safe-haven demand supported by concerns over a second wave of coronavirus infections.
• METAL: London copper prices were little changed on Friday, as worries over the risks of a second coronavirus wave were offset by hopes of a recovery in the global economy as countries got out of lockdown.
• The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed down 0.5% on Thursday, after the Bank of England's slowed the pace of its huge bond-buying programme, while a surge in coronavirus cases in the United States and China fanned fears of a second wave of infections.

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