July 18 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 16 points, or 0.2 percent, on Monday according to financial bookmakers. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on The UK blue chip index closed up 0.2 percent at 6,669.24 points on Friday, breaking a three-day losing streak after a late broad-based rally. ARM HOLDINGS: Japan's SoftBank Group Corp 9984.T is close to buying ARM Holdings Plc ARM.L for $32 billion and an announcement could come as early as Monday, a source familiar with the matter said. ROLLS ROYCE: Iran's energy minister met representatives of Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc RR.L and Siemens AG SIEGn.DE to discuss partnership in power generation technology, the Financial Times reported. MONETARY POLICY: The Bank of England rate-setter who voted last week to cut borrowing costs said he had seen early signs that Britain will need more than just lower interest rates to counter the impact of the Brexit vote on the economy. HOUSE PRICES: Asking prices for British residential property slipped slightly more than usual after last month's vote to leave the European Union, though the overall impact remains hard to judge, figures from property website Rightmove showed on Monday. BRITISH RETAIL: The number of shoppers heading to British high streets and retail centres fell at the fastest pace in more than two years in June, with the weeks around the country's vote to leave the EU hit particularly hard, a survey found. PRIVATE SECTOR SPENDING: Britain's biggest companies are beset by doubts about the future after last month's vote to leave the European Union and have slashed their investment plans, according to a survey on Monday that bodes poorly for the economy. UK CORPORATE DIARY:
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