News: RIO UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on June 27

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June 27 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index .FTSE is seen opening higher on Monday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.47%.

• ASTRAZENECA: AstraZeneca AZN.L said its cancer drugs Lynparza, developed with Merck & Co MRK.N and Enhertu, developed with Japan's Daiichi Sankyo 4568.T , were recommended for the treatment of some high-risk breast cancers in the European Union.
• CARETECH: British social care services firm CareTech Holdings Plc CTH.L said it had agreed to be bought by a consortium led by its co-founders for about 870.3 million pounds ($1.07 billion).
• RYANAIR: Less than 2% of Ryanair RYA.I flights scheduled between Friday and Sunday were affected by cabin crew strikes, the Irish low-cost carrier said.
• RIO TINTO: A U.S. appeals court has ruled that the federal government may give thousands of acres in Arizona to Rio Tinto Plc (RIO) RIO.L for a copper mine, upholding a lower court's ruling and rejecting a request from Native Americans who said the land has religious and cultural import.
• BAE SYSTEMS: The U.S. Department of Defense awarded BAE Systems BAES.L a $12 billion contract to support intercontinental ballistic missile systems.
• RIO TINTO: Rio Tinto Ltd (RIO) signed an agreement with Mongolia's environment ministry to address climate change and desertification issues in the country where the global miner operates the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper mine.
• FTSE 100: UK's FTSE 100 rose on Friday, lifted by defensive stocks at the end of a choppy week that saw investor anxiety over hawkish central banks, weak economic readings and heightened risks of a global recession.
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