Oct 15 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Wednesday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.44%.

* SHELL: Brunei LNG is conducting scheduled maintenance at its liquefied natural gas facility for a week, but production will not be impacted, a source said on Wednesday. Brunei LNG is 50% owned by the government of Brunei, while the rest is split equally between Japan's Mitsubishi 8058.T and Shell SHEL.L.

* OIL: Oil prices fell on Wednesday, extending losses from the previous session, as investors weighed the International Energy Agency's warning of a supply surplus in 2026 and U.S.-China trade tensions that could curtail demand.

* GOLD: Gold rose to a fresh high just shy of the $4,200-per-ounce level on Wednesday, buoyed by rising expectations of further U.S. rate cuts, while renewed U.S.-China trade worries also boosted safe-haven demand.

* METALS: Shanghai copper declined on Tuesday as trade tensions between the world’s top two economies, the United States and China, escalated, risking demand growth for the metal.

* FTSE: The UK blue-chip index .FTSE closed modestly higher on Tuesday, and edged up 0.1% recovering earlier losses, as mounting U.S.-China trade tensions kept investors on edge, while losses in industrial metal miners were offset by gains in consumer staples.

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(Compiled by Ankita Bora in Bengaluru)

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