Dec 5 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is
expected to open lower on Tuesday, with futures down
0.17%.
    
        * BARCLAYS: Qatar Holding is looking to sell around 510
million pounds ($644.54 million) of shares in Barclays,
one of the banks acting on the deal said on Monday, cutting back
on its crisis-era investment in the British bank.
    * RIO TINTO: Rio Tinto, the world's largest
iron-ore producer, has approved $77 million for the development
of the Rhodes Ridge project in Western Australia, the company
said.
        * RETAIL SALES: British retail sales growth remained
sluggish in November despite Black Friday deals, as the ongoing
cost-of-living squeeze prompted shoppers to rein in spending on
non-essential items, the British Retail Consortium said.
        * INFLATION: The British public's expectations for
inflation over the medium to long term rose in October,
according to a survey published on Monday.
        * FOREIGN WORKERS: British government on Monday
announced a package of measures to cut net migration to United
Kingdom.
    * METAL: Base metals prices mostly fell.
    * GOLD: Gold prices rose, as the U.S. dollar and Treasury
yields fell.
    * OIL: Oil prices were little changed amid uncertainty over
voluntary output cuts by OPEC+, continued tension in the Middle
East and weak economic data from the U.S.
        * FTSE 100: Britain's FTSE 100 eased on Monday from a
more than one-month closing peak.
    
        * UK CORPORATE DIARY:         
               DISCOVERIE         HY RESULTS
               MOON PIG           INTERIM RESULTS
               SSP                PRELIMINARY RESULTS
               ASHTEAD GROUP      Q2 RESULTS
               MARSTON’S          FY PRELIM
               IWG                CAPITAL MARKETS EVENT
               THAMES WATER       H1 RESULTS
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 (Reporting by Zainab Saifuddin Saifee in Bengaluru)