UK Stocks-Factors to watch on July 26

July 26 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 2 points on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers.

* ACACIA MINING: Acacia Mining's ACAA.L shares fell for a sixth straight session on Tuesday, a day after the gold miner was hit with a tax bill of more than $190 billion by the Tanzanian government. VEDANTA RESOURCES: Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) said on Tuesday it was halting operations indefinitely at its Nchanga underground mine (NUG) in Chingola state due to theft of high voltage cables. METRO BANK: Metro Bank Plc MTRO.L said successful completion of the non pre-emptive cash placing of new ordinary shares. BREXIT: The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that it foresaw only a modest increase in transaction costs if clearing and other financial activities are moved from the City of London to the European Union after Brexit. BRITAIN AUTO: Britain's government will announce on Wednesday that it will ban the sale of petrol- and diesel-fuelled cars from 2040 when all vehicles must be fully electric as part of a plan to clean up air pollution, newspapers reported on Tuesday. COPPER: London Metal Exchange copper CMCU3 was up 0.5 percent at $6,257 a tonne, as of 0221 GMT, extending from Monday's gains. Earlier in the session, prices hit $6,280 a tonne, its highest since May 2015. OIL: Oil prices firmed on Wednesday to hold near eight-week highs hit in the previous session, on expectations of a drawdown in U.S. stocks and as a rise in shale oil production shows signs of slowing. The UK blue chip index FTSE 100 .FTSE closed 0.8 percent higher at 7,434.82 points on Tuesday, as strong results and buoyant basic resource stocks boosted the index and small-cap luxury shoemaker Jimmy Choo CHOO.L soared 17 percent after an agreed bid by U.S. retailer Michael Kors. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets