June 10 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is

seen opening higher on Tuesday, with futures up 0.16%.

* THAMES WATER: Thames Water's bondholders have offered to

inject 5 billion pounds ($6.8 billion) in new equity and debt

and write off some existing borrowing to rescue the utility, but

in return they have demanded looser pollution targets and

clemency on fines.

* DEFENCE: Britain will invest over six billion pounds

($8.13 billion) in its submarine building capacity, finance

minister Rachel Reeves is set to announce on Tuesday.

* NUCLEAR PLANT: Britain will invest 14.2 billion pounds

($19.25 billion) to build the Sizewell C nuclear plant in

southeast England, the government said on Tuesday.

* COMMODITIES: Oil prices climbed, Gold declined, and London

copper prices saw marginal easing on Tuesday as investors

awaited the outcome of U.S.-China talks.

* FTSE: The UK blue-chip index was flat on Monday

after a four-week bull run, in caution as top U.S. and Chinese

officials met in London to try and defuse a high-stakes trade

dispute.

* UK CORPORATE DIARY:

Bellway ( BLWYF ) Trading

update

FirstGroup ( FGROF ) FY results

Petrofac ( POFCF ) FY results

Renewi FY results

Safestore ( SFSHF ) HY results

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(Reporting by Nithyashree R B in Bengaluru)