Feb 5 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seenopening 34 points higher at 7,068 on Tuesday, according tofinancial bookmakers, with FTSE 100 futures up 0.39percent ahead of the cash market open.
* HMV: HMV, the British music retailer that collapsed afterChristmas, has been sold to the owner of Canada's SunriseRecords in a deal that will save 100 stores and 1,487 jobs, itsjoint administrators said on Tuesday.
* INDIVIOR: Drugmaker Indivior Plc warned onTuesday that it faces rapid losses in market share "in theimmediate future" to generic versions of its blockbuster drugSuboxone, after losing the latest leg of its battle to delay thelaunch of competitors in a U.S. court.
* CARPETRIGHT: Struggling U.K. flooring retailer Carpetrightsaid on Tuesday its Chief Financial Officer Neil Pagewould retire this month after more than a decade in therole.
* OCADO: British online supermarket and technology groupOcado reported a 21 percent fall in full-year coreearnings, held back by investment and adoption of new accountingstandards and said short term profits would be hit as it seeksmore partnership deals.
* BP: BP on Tuesday reported a 65 percent rise infourth-quarter profit, beating forecasts, as oil and gas outputrose sharply following the acquisition of BHP's U.S. shaleassets.
* FIRSTGROUP: British transport group FirstGroup Plcis selling one of its largest regional bus divisions, theTelegraph newspaper reported on Monday.
* RHYTHMONE: RhythmOne Plc said on Monday ChiefFinancial Officer Mark Zorko had stepped down and will bereplaced by Chief Executive Officer Mark Bonney in the interim.
* METRO BANK: Metro Bank said on Monday somecustomers had been hit by a fraud which targets a weakness intelecom companies' text messaging systems used to verify banktransactions, and the bank said it was a wider attack on Britishbanks.
* GOLD: Gold prices on Tuesday held near one-week lowstouched in the previous session, pressured by a firmer dollarand as investor appetite for riskier assets improved in the wakeof strong U.S. economic data.* OIL: U.S. oil prices inched up on Tuesday, buoyed byexpectations of tightening global supply due to U.S. sanctionson Venezuela and production cuts led by OPEC.* The UK blue chip index closed 0.2 percent up at 7034.13 onMonday, as gains in oil shares and consumer staples offset deeplosses in miners, while airline Ryanair slumped after adisappointing quarterly report.
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