REFILE-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on April 4

(Corrects month in headline to April from March)
April 4 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 9
points, or 0.14 percent higher on Monday. For more on the factors affecting
European stocks, please click on The UK blue chip index closed down 0.5 percent on Friday at 6,146.05
points, dipping at the start of the second quarter of 2016 as weak oil prices
weighed on the shares of major energy companies.
* TATA STEEL: India's Tata Steel TISC.NS and Germany's Thyssenkrupp
TKAG.DE have been talking about combining their European steel operations, a
person aware of the talks said on Friday.
* EU VOTE: Big British firms are delaying deals and hiring decisions ahead
of a referendum on the country's European Union membership, a survey showed on
Monday, adding to signs that uncertainty around the vote is weighing on the
economy.
* OIL: Oil prices fell in early trading on Monday as the chances of Middle
East producers agreeing to curb overproduction appeared to fade, while U.S.
output remains stubbornly high.
* COPPER: Copper slid for a seventh straight session on Monday to its lowest
in a month, dragged down by a strong U.S. jobs report that raised the likelihood
of interest rate hikes soon, adding to concerns over demand in top consumer
China. UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Cranswick CWK.L Q4 results
Belvoir Lettings BLVB.L FY results