UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on March 19
March 19, 2018 at 03:56 AM EDT
(Adds company news items and futures) March 19 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening down 16 points on Monday, according to financial bookmakers with futures 0.2 percent lower ahead of the cash market open. * GKN/MELROSE: Melrose, the turnaround specialist trying to buy British engineering firm GKN, said it would inject about 1 billion pounds ($1.39 billion) into GKN's pension scheme, its latest attempt to convince shareholders to back its offer.
