Aug 6 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen

opening higher on Thursday, with futures up 0.1%.

* OIL: Oil prices trended lower on the progress in Iran-Oman

talks, with investors cautiously waiting for signs of a

U.S.-Iran peace deal and progress on reopening the Strait of

Hormuz.

* GOLD: Gold advanced for a fourth session and touched its

highest level in seven weeks, helped by a softer dollar and

lower Treasury yields, on growing hopes over the Strait of

Hormuz reopening.

* METALS: Copper rose to a fresh 12-week high as tariff

uncertainty continued to pull greater quantities of the metal

into the United States.

* EX-DIVS: Rolls Royce, Barclays ( BCS ), Lloyds

, Standard Chartered ( SCBFF ), Relx ( RELX ), Reckitt

, BT Group, Segro ( SEGXF ), Informa ( IFPJF ),

Schroders ( SHNWF ), St Jame's Place will trade without

entitlement to its latest dividend pay-out on Thursday.

* FTSE: London's FTSE 100 edged higher on Wednesday after strong

earnings from Glencore and retailer Next, although gains were

capped by a selloff in banking stocks following a report that

China plans to tax returns from offshore insurance products.

* UK CORPORATE DIARY:

Diageo ( DEO ) FY results

Wizz Q1 results

Persimmon HY results

WPP ( WPP ) HY results

Hikma HY results

Michael Page HY results

Tp Icap HY results

Harbour HY results

Quilter HY results

PZ Cussons FY results

Serco ( SECCF ) HY results

Admiral HY results

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(Compiled by Neeshita Beura in Bengaluru)