July 23 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening lower on Thursday, with futures FFIc1 down 0.1%.

* ASTON MARTIN: Aston Martin AML.L has secured £550 million in new debt financing led by funds managed by BlackRock-owned HPS Investment Partners, it said.

* CAPRICORN ENERGY: Capricorn Energy CNE.L said it has received a £268.8 million all-cash bid from private investment firm Samos Energy, weeks after agreeing to a near-identical proposal from Genel Energy GENL.L.

* GSK: GSK GSK.L said the U.S. FDA approved its drug to treat a form of lung cancer, nearly two months after the British drugmaker acquired the treatment as part of a historic $10.6 billion deal.

* COMMODITIES: Oil prices rose more than 1.5% in Asian trade, gold held steady, and copper ticked up.

* EX-DIVS: SSE SSE.L will trade without entitlement to its latest dividend pay-out on Thursday.

* FTSE: London's FTSE 100 rose over 1% in broad-based gains on Wednesday with commodity-linked stocks among top gainers as oil and metal prices climbed, though focus was on the Bank of England's rate hike trajectory and simmering Middle East tensions.

* UK CORPORATE DIARY:

easyJet	EZJ.L	Q3 Results
Anglo American	AAL.L	Q2 Production update
Centrica	CNA.L	HY results
Howden Joinery	HWDN.L	HY results
Airtel Africa	AAF.L	Q1 trading update
RELX	REL.L	HY results
CVS Group	CVSG.L	Trading update
AJ Bell	AJBA.L	Q3 trading update
Jupiter Fund Management	JUP.L	HY results
Morgan Sindall	MGNS.L	HY results
City of London Investment Group	CLIG.L	FY trading update

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