Britain’s FTSE 100 index is seen opening 13 points higher at 7,580 on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers.

* VIRGIN MONEY: Virgin Money (LON:VM) said on Monday it had received an all-stock takeover offer from rival CYBG Plc, a proposal that values the British lender at about 1.6 billion pounds ($2.17 billion).

* TAKEDA-SHIRE: Takeda Pharmaceutical is nearing an agreement to buy rival drugmaker Shire Plc (LON:SHP), a deal which could be announced on Tuesday, the deadline set by U.K. regulators for Takeda to make a firm offer for Shire, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.

* SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell (LON:RDSa) Plc’s Shell Gas B.V. unit said on Monday it was selling its entire stake in Canadian Natural Resources Ltd for $3.3 billion.

* BP (LON:BP): Iraq’s state-run North Oil Company signed an agreement with BP on Monday to triple output from the Kirkuk fields in the north of the country, Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi said.

* SKY: U.S. cable operator Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) has formally notified the European Commission of its intention to bid for Britain’s pay-TV group Sky, starting the clock on a review, a regulatory source told Reuters on Monday.

* GOLD: Gold prices remained subdued on Tuesday as the dollar held steady near its 2018 high on the relative strength of the U.S. economy.

* OIL: Oil prices retreated from 3-1/2 year highs on Tuesday as investors waited on an announcement by President Donald Trump on whether the United States will reimpose sanctions on Iran. * The UK blue chip index closed 0.86 percent higher at 7,567.14 points on Friday, helped by strong results from British Airways owner IAG (LON:ICAG), while HSBC joined French banks in reporting weaker profit which hit its shares.

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