UK Stocks-Factors to watch on June 21

June 21 (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 index .FTSE is seen opening higher on Tuesday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.4%.

* OCADO: British online supermarket and technology group Ocado OCDO.L will boost its liquidity by over $1 billion to fund its growth, it said on Monday. nL8N2Y7481

* CAPRICORN ENERGY: Kite Lake, a hedge fund investor in Capricorn Energy CNE.L shares, criticised the gas and oil producer’s planned merger with Tullow Oil TLW.L on Monday, saying the $827 million deal was value destructive to shareholders. nL1N2Y713E

* TAXONOMY: The heads of three investor groups urged British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to exclude natural gas from the country’s “green taxonomy” or risk undermining its scientific credibility, in a letter on Tuesday. nL8N2Y72QO

* OIL: Oil prices rose 1%, clawing back more of last week’s losses as investors focused on tight supplies of crude and fuel products rather than concerns about a recession dampening demand going forward. nL1N2Y8038

* GOLD: Gold prices edged up as the dollar eased, while investors kept a keen eye on posturing from major central banks on interest rate hikes for a clearer outlook for bullion. nL1N2Y8023

* London’s FTSE 100 rose on Monday, boosted by gains in financial and energy stocks, after the blue-chip index posted its third straight weekly drop on sluggish economic growth worries. nL4N2Y71AC

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(Reporting by Muhammed Husain in Bengaluru)

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