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Aug 4 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen

opening up on Tuesday, with futures up 0.3%.

* HSBC ( HSBC ): HSBC Holdings ( HSBC ) reported a 23% first-half profit

surge that bettered expectations, as rising net interest income

and revenue from wealth management pushed up fee income on

robust money and deal flows.

* ASTON MARTIN: Aston Martin's creditors has threatened

legal action against the carmaker after learning that it plans

to sell a portion of its branding and naming rights as part of a

new debt financing package, the Financial Times reported.

* AUTO: Battery electric vehicle registrations in Britain jumped

49% in July from a year earlier, taking more than a quarter of

the new car market and running ahead of the zero-emission

vehicle mandate path for a second month, New AutoMotive data

showed.

* COMMODITIES: Oil prices rebounded 1%, gold nudged higher, and

copper prices rose.

* FTSE: The UK's FTSE 100 edged lower on Monday, as a fall in

AstraZeneca shares after reports of a potential tie-up with U.S.

drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb overshadowed improving sentiment

from lower oil prices.

* UK CORPORATE DIARY:

BP Q2 results

Smith + Nephew HY results

Domino's Pizza HY results

Group

Metro Bank ( MTRBF ) HY results

Fresnillo HY results

ConvaTec ( CNVVF ) HY results

Capita HY results

SIG HY results

Travis Perkins HY results

Coca Cola HY results

Europacific

Synthomer HY results

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(Compiled by Neeshita Beura in Bengaluru)