Nov 2 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher with futures FFIc1 up 0.22% on Wednesday.

* ASHTON MARTIN: British luxury carmaker Aston Martin AML.L warned that higher costs from global supply chain and logistical disruptions would hurt its margins, and lowered its wholesale delivery volume outlook for 2022.

* GSK: GSK GSK.L

beat

analyst expectations for its third-quarter sales and profit, months after executing a rehaul of the business with the spin-off of its consumer health unit.

* WIZZ AIR: Budget airline Wizz Air WIZZ.L posted a first-half

operating loss

of 63.8 million euros ($63.0 million) on Wednesday, after a disruption-hit first quarter was offset by a strong summer recovery.

* RYANAIR: Ryanair RYA.I flew 15.7 million passengers in October, a

record high

for the month and up 14% on pre-COVID levels, Europe's largest airline by passenger numbers said on Wednesday.

* METRO BANK: Metro Bank said it

returned to profit

in September by keeping a tight rein on costs and has so far seen no sign of increased stress among its customers as Britain grapples with higher interest rates and an escalating cost of living crisis.

* NEXT: British clothing retailer Next NXT.L kept full-year guidance that was cut in September as it reported a 0.4% rise in third-quarter full-price sales, slightly ahead of its expectations.

* OIL: Oil prices rose more than 1% after industry data showed a surprise drop in U.S. crude inventories.

* GOLD: Gold prices rose on a softer dollar, while cautious investors awaited a key U.S. Federal Reserve policy statement that could provide cues on its pace of interest rate hike.

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Reporting by Anchal Rana in Bengaluru