Nov 30 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 11
points lower at 6,357 on Monday, according to financial bookmakers.
* RIO TINTO: Rio Tinto RIO.L will look to a handful of external candidates
in a narrowing field for its new chief executive, as the miner tries to win back
investors dismayed by the blasting of an ancient Australian rock shelter,
bankers and investors say. * ASTRAZENECA: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is assisting an
inquiry into an alleged adverse reaction during AstraZeneca's AZN.L COVID-19
vaccine trial, but has found no reason to recommend halting it, a senior
official at the regulator said on Sunday. * FRASERS: Frasers Group FRAS.L , owned by billionaire retail boss Mike
Ashley, has offered Philip Green's troubled Topshop retail group Arcadia a 50
million pound ($66.52 million) emergency loan, reported Sky News on
Saturday. * HSBC: HSBC Holdings Plc HSBA.L is considering a complete exit from
retail banking in the United States after narrowing the options for how to
improve performance at its struggling North America business, the Financial
Times reported on Saturday. * GOLD: Gold slipped and was on track for its worst month in four years, as
optimism over a coronavirus vaccine-led economic rebound that propelled equities
to record highs dulled the metal's safe-haven appeal. * OIL: Crude oil prices fell amid investor jitters ahead of a meeting of
producer group OPEC+ to decide whether to extend large output cuts to balance
global markets, but vaccine hopes helped keep them on track to rise more than a
fifth in November. * The UK blue-chip index .FTSE rose slightly on Friday, but marked its
first weekly loss this month as frictions in the Brexit process and a gloomy
economic outlook due to the coronavirus weighed on sentiment. UK CORPORATE DIARY:
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Victoria Plc VCP.L HY earnings
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