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June 4 (Reuters) - Futures for Britain's FTSE 100 index FFIc1 were 0.15% lower on Friday.

• ASTRAZENECA: AstraZeneca AZN.L said it had appointed Alexion's ALXN.O Aradhana Sarin as its new chief financial officer as it shifts existing CFO Marc Dunoyer to a new role leading the U.S.-based drugmaker after the pair's merger.
• HIPGNOSIS: Hipgnosis Songs Fund SONG.L said it had bought the music catalogue of Taylor Swift songwriter Joel Little, the latest purchase amid a surge in streaming during the pandemic.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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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