June 17 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is

seen opening lower on Tuesday, with futures down 0.5%.

* TRADE DEAL: U.S. President Donald Trump signed an

agreement on Monday formally lowering some tariffs on imports

from Britain as the countries continue working toward a formal

trade deal.

* WIZZ AIR ( WZZAF ): Wizz Air ( WZZAF ) is edging towards a deal with

RTX-owned Pratt & Whitney to purchase engines for 177 of

its Airbus jets already on order, according to two

industry sources.

* RAILWAY: The British government is set to finalise a

500-million-pound ($679 million) rail steel deal between Network

Rail and British Steel, aiming to protect thousands of jobs at a

steelmaking plant in Eastern England that was brought under

state control earlier this year.

* FORESIGHT: Private equity firm KKR said on Tuesday

it had agreed to acquire Australian power producer Zenith Energy

from a consortium comprising Australia-based Pacific Equity

Partners, Canada's OPSEU Pension Trust and London-listed

Foresight Group.

* COMMODITIES: Oil prices climbed over 2%, gold prices fell

and prices of metals in London dropped on Tuesday.

* London's benchmark FTSE 100 rose on Monday.

* UK CORPORATE DIARY:

Ashtead Q4 results

Capita HY results

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(Reporting by Nithyashree R B in Bengaluru)