UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on July 2

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July 2 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 24 points higher at 7,521 on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures FFIc1 up 0.28% ahead of the cash market open.

* TRAINLINE: British ticketing group Trainline Plc TRNT.L on Tuesday reported 27% growth in UK consumer net ticket sales for the first quarter, as it benefited from the rollout of eTickets. PLUS500: Online trading platform Plus500 PLUSP.L reported higher revenue for the second quarter after its first-quarter revenue shrank to less than a fifth due to lower market volatility and a European clampdown on highly leveraged betting. FASTJET: Cash-strapped, low-cost African airline Fastjet Plc FJET.L said on Tuesday Nico Bezuidenhout would step down as chief executive officer in September to re-join a business of which he was the original founding CEO. FUNDING CIRCLE: British peer-to-peer lending platform Funding Circle Holdings Plc FCH.L on Tuesday said it was halving its projected revenue growth for 2019 to 20%, as reduced demand for loans hit its earnings. VODAFONE: A group of banks is set to lend Telecom Italia (MI: TLIT ) unit INWIT INWT.MI up to 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion) to help it merge its towers with those of Vodafone VOD.L , two sources said. BARCLAYS: A French former trader with Barclays BARC.L who was convicted in absentia in London last year of participating in a scheme to rig global interest rates has challenged Britain in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). WPP: WPP WPP.L has entered exclusive talks with private equity firm Bain Capital over the sale of a majority stake in its data analytics unit Kantar, the world's biggest advertising company said on Monday. SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell Plc RDSa.L shut the coker at its 225,300 barrel per day (bpd) Norco, Louisiana, refinery on Monday for a planned overhaul, sources familiar with plant operations said. WOODFORD: British fund manager Neil Woodford will keep his flagship 3.7 billion pound ($4.7 billion) fund frozen for a second month running, leaving hundreds of thousands of small savers without access to their money. GOLD: Gold prices edged higher on Tuesday after a steep fall in the previous session, as investors fretted about an economic slowdown amid weak global manufacturing data and U.S.-European trade ructions. OIL: Oil prices drifted lower on Tuesday, as weak global data raised concerns about future demand for the commodity despite a positive boost from OPEC's decision to extend supply cuts until next March. The UK blue chip index closed 1% higher on Monday, as a thaw in the U.S.-China trade dispute lifted market sentiment and spurred a rally in global stocks. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: LIVE/

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