June 23 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is

seen opening lower on Monday, with futures down 0.4%.

* BP: BP is considering Sam Laidlaw, the former chief

executive of British Gas owner Centrica ( CPYYF ), as a leading

candidate to succeed Helge Lund as chairman, Sky News reported

on Saturday.

* THAMES WATER: Britain's Thames Water may be required to

restate its financial accounts for the year ended March 2024,

the Financial Times reported on Friday.

* METRO BANK ( MTRBF ): Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski Bacal is

open to selling his majority stake in British lender Metro Bank ( MTRBF )

and has received interest from investors, two people

with knowledge of the matter said.

* ROLLS-ROYCE: British officials are lobbying South Korea to

switch to Rolls-Royce from U.S. rival GE Aerospace as the

primary engine partner for its fighter jet programme, the

Financial Times reported on Monday.

* ENQUEST ( ENQUF ): UK explorer EnQuest ( ENQUF ) expects to complete

the acquisition of Harbour Energy's ( PMOIF ) business in Vietnam

in the next month or two and plans to drill new wells to

increase oil production there, CEO Amjad Bseisu said.

* INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY: Britain will aim to cut the

electricity bills of thousands of companies under a new

industrial strategy to be published on Monday.

* COMMODITIES: Oil prices jumped to their highest since

January, gold prices edged lower, aluminium prices outperformed

copper with the most-traded contracts on the London and Shanghai

exchanges surging on Monday.

* FTSE: Britain's FTSE 100 snapped a five-week

winning streak on Friday.

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(Compiled by Nithyashree R B in Bengaluru)