UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Jan 20

Adds new items, updates futures

Jan 20 - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening lower on Monday, with futures FFIc1 down 0.22%.

* ENTAIN: Britain's accounting watchdog has started an investigation into the audit conducted by KPMG of the financials of bookmaker Entain ENT.L for the year ended December 2022, it said.

* REACH: Reach RCH.L, the publisher of the Daily Mirror, said it expects fiscal year 2024 operating profit to beat market expectations, helped by a strong fourth quarter.

* POD POINT: Electric vehicle charging provider Pod Point Group PODP.L lowered its full-year revenue forecast, due to the ongoing weakness in demand for EVs.

* BARCLAYS: British investment bank Barclays BARC.L said on Monday it has appointed former Goldman Sachs banker Paul Johnson as head of equities for Asia Pacific.

* UK HOME AVERAGE ASKING PRICES: Average asking prices for newly-listed homes in Britain had their biggest start-of-the-year increase since 2020, but uncertainty about the pace of interest rate cuts is hanging over the market, property website Rightmove said.

* BP: BP, which operates the Shah Deniz gas and condensate field development project in Azerbaijan, said on Sunday it has restarted production at the Shah Deniz Alpha gas platform in Azerbaijan as of late Saturday.

* BANCO SANTANDER: Banco Santander SAN.MC is reviewing its presence in Britain, a person familiar with the matter said, two decades after its acquisition of Abbey National made it a major player on the country's high streets.

* OIL: Oil prices were little changed on Monday.

* METALS: Most base metals declined.

* GOLD: Gold cut early losses.

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(Reporting by DhanushVignesh Babu in Bengaluru)

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