UK Stocks-Factors to watch on July 9

July 9 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Wednesday, with futuresFFIc1 up 0.2%.

GLENCORE: Australia's Mining and Energy Union (MEU) said on Wednesday that workers at Glencore's GLEN.L Ulan coal mine had begun a 24-hour strike over pay gap issues.

PRUDENTIAL: ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company IICL.NS, a joint venture between ICICI Bank ICBK.NS and British insurer Prudential PRU.L, has filed for an IPO comprising an offer for sale of up to 17.7 million shares, draft papers filed late on Tuesday showed.

LINDSEY OIL: Lindsey oil refinery has resumed fuel deliveries, a spokesperson for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) told Reuters on Tuesday, after a deal to continue short-term crude supply was reached last week.

COMMODITIES: Oil prices edged down on Wednesday after rising to two-week highs in the previous session, gold prices hovered near their lowest point in more than a week, and copper prices on the London Metal Exchange and the Shanghai Futures Exchange slipped as the announcement of U.S. copper tariffs signalled an end to a months-long arbitrage trade that had drawn the metal from global markets.

FTSE: The UK blue-chip index .FTSE rose 0.5% to its highest close since June 17 on Tuesday as a weaker pound lifted shares of international firms, while investors scrutinised ongoing U.S. tariff negotiations.

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