April 12 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index .FTSE is seen opening lower on Tuesday, with futures FFIc1 down 0.78%.

* PARKER-HANNIFIN-MEGGITT: U.S. engineering and aerospace group Parker-Hannifin PH.N on Monday won EU antitrust approval for its 6.3-billion-pound ($8.2 billion) planned acquisition of Britain's Meggitt MGGT.L after pledging to sell a factory in the United States.

* FRC: Britain's auditing regulator will propose as soon as later this week to strengthen its ability to punish poorly performing auditors of publicly listed companies, a person familiar with the matter said.

* ENERGY CAP: British gas and electricity bills are likely to rise by a further 500 pounds ($651.35) this autumn as the war in Ukraine weighs on wholesale energy prices, according to The Times.

* COVID-19: Britain will expand access to Pfizer's PFE.N oral antiviral COVID-19 treatment to thousands more people by adding it to a trial to assess how best to use the drug in its highly vaccinated population, the health ministry said.

* METALS: Shanghai aluminium prices dropped to their lowest in more than three months, dragged by a stronger dollar and growing demand concerns amid COVID-19 curbs in top consumer China.

* GOLD: Gold prices inched higher as appetite for risk weakened ahead of U.S. inflation data that could support the Federal Reserve's aggressive policy stance to contain rising pricing pressures.

* OIL: Oil prices climbed as fears of a demand downturn in China eased after Shanghai relaxed some COVID-19 related restrictions, and OPEC warned it would be impossible to increase output enough to offset lost Russian supply.

* FTSE 100: British stocks ended lower on Monday as data showed the economy slowed more than expected in February, intensifying worries about a cost-of-living squeeze.

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Reporting by Amna Karimi in Bengaluru