June 23 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is expected to open lower on Friday, with futures down 0.29%.

* SHELL: Shell has resumed maintenance work at Norway's Nyhamna gas processing plant, which had been postponed last week due to a problem with the facility's cooling systems, company said.

* GSK: GSK Plc said it reached a confidential settlement of a litigation in United States over claims that the British pharmaceutical giant's heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer.

* CONSUMER SENTIMENT: British consumer sentiment hit its highest level since January 2022 as households turn more optimistic about their finance and economy, despite stubborn inflation and rising interest rates, market research firm GfK said.

* LNG: Australia's Tamboran Resources announced two non-binding agreementsto supply 4.4 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year to BP and Shell from its proposed Northern Territory LNG (NTLNG) project.

* OIL: Oil prices fell for a second straight session and were headed for a weekly decline of more than 3% on Friday, as a higher-than-expected interest rate hike in Britain and warnings about looming rate rises in the U.S. ignited concerns over demand.

* GOLD: Gold prices on Friday were on track for their biggest weekly loss since February, as prospects of additional interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve this year supported the dollar, pushing zero-yield bullion to an over three-month low.

* British equities slipped in broad-based declines on Thursday after the Bank of England delivered a bigger-than-expected half a percentage point rate hike, while Ocado shares jumped after a report on speculation about bid interest in the online grocer.

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