March 22 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 3
points lower at 6,705 on Monday, according to financial bookmakers.
* GLENCORE: Repair work is underway at Glencore 's GLEN.L Murrin Murrin
nickel and cobalt plant in Western Australia following a component failure at an
acid plant that left the facility running at reduced capacity, the miner
said. * BP: BP 's BP.L output at its projects in Azerbaijan totalled 3.9 million
tonnes in January to February, the energy ministry said on Saturday. * ASTRAZENECA: Scientists are exploring several possibilities that might
explain at least 18 reports of extremely rare blood clots in the brain that
occurred in individuals in the days and weeks after receiving the AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN)
AZN.L COVID-19 vaccine. * COVID-19: The European Union is rebuffing British government calls to ship
AstraZeneca AZN.L COVID-19 vaccines produced in a factory in the Netherlands,
an EU official said on Sunday. * TRAVEL: Holidays abroad are "extremely unlikely" for most Britons this
summer due to the risk of importing new variants of COVID-19, a scientist who
advises the government said on Saturday, leaving airlines and travel companies
bracing for a second lost peak season. * GOLD: Gold prices slipped as investors opted for alternative safe-haven
assets such as the U.S. dollar and bonds. * OIL: Oil prices resumed their decline, falling around 1% as worries about
a drop in demand for fuel products in the wake of yet more European lockdowns
dominated trading. * The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed 1.1% lower on Friday, as a retreat
in U.S. Treasury yields weighed on bank stocks, while mining and energy stocks
tracked weaker commodity prices. UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Kingfisher KGF.L FY results
Centamin CEY.L FY results
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