May 6 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening down 12 points, or 0.19 percent, on Friday, according to financial bookmakers. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on The UK blue chip index closed 0.09 percent higher at 6,117.25 points on Thursday, as gains in companies like BT BT.L and RSA RSA.L offset declines by companies such as Centrica CNA.L and Inmarsat ISA.L after they gave discouraging updates. GLAXOSMITHKLINE: A break-up of GlaxoSmithKline GSK.L is not something that is being considered "at all" at present, the chairman of Britain's biggest drugmaker said on Thursday. SABMILLER: South Africa's competition watchdog was on Thursday granted an extra five days to study Anheuser-Busch InBev's ABI.BR planned $106 billion takeover of SABMiller SAB.L - a fifth extension that could delay the consumer industry's biggest ever deal. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO: India's top court told tobacco companies on Wednesday they must adhere to a new federal rule requiring much larger health warnings on cigarette packs, in a major setback for the $11 billion industry that opposes the new policy. BHP BILLITON: A Brazilian judge on Thursday ratified the settlement Samarco and its owners, BHP Billiton BLT.L and Vale SA VALE5.SA , signed with Brazil's government in March to cover damages for a deadly dam spill last year, Vale said in a statement. OIL MAJORS: Ten oil companies including Royal Dutch Shell RDSa.L , Chevron (NYSE:CVX) CVX.N and BP BP.L are working together to develop standard production equipment, a rare cooperation among rivals to save money as low oil prices put pressure on budgets. UK REFERENDUM: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he thought Britain would be better off out of the European Union. BREXIT: Britain's vote in June on whether to leave the European Union is shaping up to be the next global event to impact the U.S. central bank's decision-making on when to next raise interest rates. UK CORPORATE DIARY:
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