June 15 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen

opening higher on Monday, with futures up 0.7%.

* BP: BP has started a process to sell stakes in two of

its Gulf of Mexico projects, four people with knowledge of the

matter said.

* HSBC ( HSBC ): HSBC ( HSBC ) said it is working to restore normal

service after some Hong Kong customers reported having trouble

using its mobile banking app.

* BOOTS: Australia's Sigma Healthcare ( SIGGF ) said it had

withdrawn from preliminary discussions to acquire pharmacy chain

Boots.

* BBC: BBC is set to cut hundreds of jobs across its core news

division next week in the first part of its downsizing, the

Financial Times reported.

* VISTRY: Homebuilder Vistry has offered voluntary

redundancies to employees, the Financial Times reported.

* SAINSBURY'S ( JSNSF ): Sainsbury's ( JSNSF ) is kicking off a search

for a new chairman, Sky News reported.

* BANKS: Britain's banks recorded the sharpest increase in

losses to certain types of fraud since the COVID-era boom in

technology-enabled scams, renewing calls for some government

action.

* BAE SYSTEMS: Britain and Japan announced a tech partnership

and pledged to speed up the progress of their next generation

fighter jet, GCAP, developed by a JV of BAE Systems,

Leonardo and ​Japan Aircraft Industrial Enhancement.

* JOBS: Britain is losing manufacturing jobs abroad and risks

the loss of major industries due to high energy costs, a

manufacturing group and trade union body warned.

* COMMODITIES: Oil prices on Monday slipped to their lowest

since March, copper rose to an over one-week high, and gold rose

over 2%.

* FTSE: UK shares gained in a broad-based rally on Friday amid

growing hoping of a peace agreement between Iran and the U.S.,

which sent crude oil prices lower.

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(Compiled by Neeshita Beura in Bengaluru)