UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Dec 11

Dec 11 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 31 points higher at 7,393.96 on Monday, according to financial bookmakers. * UNILEVER: Apollo Global Management, U.S. agricultural trader Archer Daniels Midland and former chief executive of Germany's Grohe, David Haines, are preparing to submit a new bid in a $7 billion auction for Unilever's spreads business, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. (http://on.ft.com/2AmmC8V) * LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE: The London Sto