Nov 27 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is
seen opening lower on Monday, with futures down 0.27%. 
    
        * LLOYDS: Britain's biggest high street bank Lloyds
 is putting around 2,500 jobs at risk as part of a
shake-up, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, amid a
renewed push by lenders to slash costs.
        * SHELL: British union Unite on Monday said around 150
Kaefer contractors employed at Shell's Mossmorran and St Fergus
energy plants have started a week-long strike action in a
dispute over cost of living pay.
        * HSBC: HSBC said on Saturday that online and
mobile banking services had been restored to thousands of
customers in Britain affected by an outage.
    * GOLD: Gold prices climbed a six-month peak, supported by a
weaker U.S. dollar and on bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve is
done with its interest rate hike cycle, while the focus shifted
to U.S. inflation data due later this week.
    * OIL: Oil prices slipped, with Brent falling toward $80 a
barrel, as investors awaited the OPEC+ meeting later this week
for an agreement to curb supplies into 2024.
   * METAL: Nickel prices in Shanghai hit a 16-month low, pulled
down by waning demand from the stainless steel sector and higher
supply in China, the world's biggest consumer of the metal.
    * FTSE 100: UK's FTSE 100 ended slightly higher on Friday as
rising energy stocks helped counter broader market weakness,
although along with the FTSE 250 it clocked a weekly loss.
    
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 (Reporting by Zainab Saifuddin Saifee in Bengaluru)