UK Stocks-Factors to watch on September 26

Sept 26 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Friday, with futuresFFIc1 up 0.23%.

* SHELL: Nigeria's oil regulator has approved a $510 million deal by TotalEnergies TTEF.PA to sell its entire 12.5% interest in oil mining lease (OML) 118, which hosts the offshore Bonga oilfield, to the field's operator Shell SHEL.L, and AgipENI.MI, the agency said on Thursday.

* GLENCORE: Perpetua Resources PPTA.O said on Thursday it is in talks with GlencoreGLEN.L , Trafigura and others about a partnership to refine antimony in the U.S., part of a push to boost Western supplies of a critical mineral whose exports China has blocked.

* BOND YIELDS: Yields on British government bonds jumped on Thursday after data showed the U.S. economy grew more quickly than expected, pushing up borrowing costs on both sides of the Atlantic with investors also worried about Britain's public finances.

* COMMODITIES: Oil prices edged up on Friday, on track to rise at their steepest rate since early June, gold edged lower, and Shanghai copper extended gains with the market supported by supply disruption concerns following Freeport's force majeure declaration.

* FTSE: The UK blue-chip index .FTSE fell 0.4% on Thursday, its biggest percentage slide in a week. London stocks closed lower as investors turned cautious over inflation risks and the Bank of England's interest rate outlook, while weakness in medical device makersand healthcare shares added to the drag.

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