July 11 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is

seen opening flat on Friday, with futures down 0.02%.

* FLUTTER ENTERTAINMENT: Flutter Entertainment

will buy Boyd Gaming's ( BYD ) 5% stake in FanDuel in a deal

worth about $1.76 billion, giving it complete ownership of the

online betting operator, the companies said on Thursday.

* HEATHROW AIRPORT: Britain's Heathrow Airport said it

could serve an additional 10 million passengers per year by 2031

by making changes to existing terminals if it can increase fees,

as it presented its plans for the next five-year period to the

regulator on Friday.

* HOUSING: The number of families living in temporary

accommodation in England has more than doubled since 2010 due to

a lack of affordable housing and high rents, and the problem

could worsen without government action, a think tank warned on

Friday.

* UNILEVER ( UL ): The Magnum Ice Cream Company, a unit of Unilever ( UL )

, appointed Jochanan Senf as the global chief executive

officer of Ben & Jerry's ( UL ), effective mid-July.

* COMMODITIES: Oil prices steadied in early trading on

Friday following a 2% drop in the previous session, gold rose,

and copper prices on the London Metal Exchange and the Shanghai

Futures Exchange were rangebound, easing from an initial shock

of the U.S. announcement of a 50% import tariff effective August

1.

* FTSE: The UK blue-chip index closed at an all-time

high, and rose 1.2% on Thursday, boosted by gains in mining and

healthcare stocks, as investors brushed off the latest U.S.

tariff threats to focus on negotiations.

* UK CORPORATE DIARY:

BP Q2 trading update

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(Reporting by Ankita Bora in Bengaluru)