June 30 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 25
points higher at 6,251 on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers.
* BP: Alaskan officials on Monday approved BP 's BP.L sale of its oil and
gas leases in the state. * UK BUSINESSES: Confidence among British businesses improved in June for
the first time since January. * WIRECARD: Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said late on Monday it
would lift restrictions on German payments company Wirecard AG
WDIG.DE . * COVID-19 VACCINE: Mexico is in talks with the Chinese government and
private Chinese laboratories, as well as the University of Oxford and company
AstraZeneca about running trials for experimental COVID-19 vaccines. * DRUG: British scientists said that an antiviral drug commonly used to
treat HIV had no beneficial effect in patients hospitalised with
COVID-19. * FRASERS: Mike Ashley's Frasers Group said on Monday it has raised its
stake in German fashion house Hugo Boss BOSSn.DE . * SHELL: Russia's Surgutneftegaz SNGS.MM sold to Shell 100,000 tonnes of
Urals crude oil at a record premium in a spot tender for July 23-24 loading from
Primorsk. * FINANCE: Caps on the fees retailers pay to process debit and credit card
transactions have helped push down prices. * OIL: Oil prices fell as optimism for a straightforward recovery in fuel
demand faded and a looming increase in supply weighed on the market. * The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed 1.3% higher on Monday, boosted by a
weakening pound and a global rally in equities powered by hopes of more
stimulus. UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Shell RDSa.L Q2 Update Note
Walker Greenbank PLC WGB.L FY Earnings Releases
On The Beach Group PLC OTB.L HY Earnings Releases
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