UK Stocks-Factors to watch on April 24

April 24 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening lower on Friday, with futures FFIc1 down 0.8%.

MONDI: Mondi MNDI.L said the company is responding to increased costs from the Iran war by raising prices, and that it expects the impact of some of those moves to fully reflect in the third quarter.

COMPUTACENTER: Computacenter CCC.L said it expects to deliver full-year results comfortably ahead of market expectations after a strong quarter driven by booming demand from data centres and AI projects in North America and the UK.

JD SPORTS: JD Sports JD.L chair Andy Higginson quit after pushing for chief executive Regis Schultz to be ousted and failing to win unanimous backing for the move from the retailer’s board, the Financial Times reported.

TARIFFS: U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States will retaliate with a "big tariff" if Britain continues to target companies like Apple AAPL.O, Alphabet's Google GOOGL.O and Meta META.O with its technology tax.

RETAIL SALES: British motorists rushed to buy fuel immediately after the start of the Iran war, pushing up total sales volumes for the country's retail sector by more than expected in March, official data showed on Friday.

COMMODITIES: Oil prices rose on Friday, while gold prices edged lower, and copper slipped.

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