March 6 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Friday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.4%.
* SHELL: Shell SHEL.L inked several oil agreements with the Venezuelan government that span offshore natural gas and onshore oil and gas opportunities, the company said in a statement.
* WIZZ AIR: The U.S. Transportation Department granted tentative approval for budget carrier Wizz Air to operate flights between the UK and the U.S., saying it was in the public interest.
* GLENCORE: Glencore GLEN.L has proposed supporting Kazakh entrepreneur Shakhmurat Mutalip's $1.4 billion bid to buy a 40% stake in miner Eurasian Resources Group, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the discussion.
* SENIOR PLC: Advent International has disclosed its rejected takeover proposal for Senior SNR.L, valuing the company at approximately 1.14 billion pounds.
* OIL: Oil fell for the first time in six days as the U.S. government is considering potentially intervening in the futures market to blunt rising prices and has given waivers to Indian refiners to buy Russian crude to ease supply constraints from the Middle East war.
* METALS: Aluminium is set to end the week higher due to supply concerns, as all eyes are on the war-hit Middle East, which produced 8% of the world's aluminium last year.
* GOLD: Gold prices rose after investors sought the safe-haven metal as uncertainty grew over a widening Middle East conflict.
* FTSE: The UK's blue-chip stock index reversed earlier gains to mark a three-week closing low on Thursday, as bond yields climbed on expectations that a jump in oil prices driven by the Middle East conflict will stoke inflation.
* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
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(Compiled by Neeshita Beura in Bengaluru)
((Neeshita.Beura@thomsonreuters.com))
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