UK Stocks-Factors to watch on May 30

Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 2 points higher at 7,188 on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers. * GOLD: Gold prices inched down on Thursday as bonds rallied and the dollar hovered near a two-year high, negating the support from an increasingly bitter Sino-U.S. trade dispute that rekindled doubts about global economic growth. * OIL: Oil prices rose on Thursday after an industry report showed a decline in U.S. crude inventories that exceeded