STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Futures point to higher start

Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:36am EDT

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 European stock index futures point to a rise, tracking gains in U.S. equity
markets, with investors seen focusing on banks and commodity shares.

 Futures for the Eurostoxx 50 STXEc1, Germany's DAX FDXc1 and the French
CAC 40 FCEc1 are up between 0.6 percent and 0.7 percent.

 The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 closed 0.4 percent lower at
791.95 points on Thursday.

 EUROPEAN COMPANIES

 Volvo (VOLVb.ST)

 Mobistar (MSTAR.BR)

 Elisa Corp (ELI1V.HE)

 Wartsila Corp (WRT1V.HE)

 YIT (YTY1V.HE)

 Valeo (VLOF.PA)

 SES SESFg.LU

 Randstad Hldg (RAND.AS)

 Banco de Valencia (BVA.MC)

 Bankinter (BKT.MC)

 Skandinaviska Enskilda (SEBa.ST)

 TeliaSonera (TLSN.ST)

 U.S. COMPANIES

 Ford Motor Co. (F)

 Xerox Corporation (XRX)

 3M Co. (MMM)

 Honeywell (HON)

 ITT Corporation (ITT)

 The Stanley Works (SWK)

 MACRO (GMT)

 0645 FR March consumer spending

 0800 DE April IFO Index

 0830 GB Preliminary Q1 GDP

 0830 GB March Retail Sales

 1230 US Durable Goods

 1400 US New Homes

 1430 US ECRI

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Volvo AB (VOLVb.ST)	Quote, Profile, Research
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Valeo S.A. (VLOF.PA)	Quote, Profile, Research
Randstad Holding NV (RAND.AS)	Quote, Profile, Research
Banco de Valencia SA (BVA.MC)	Quote, Profile, Research
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TeliaSonera AB (TLSN.ST)	Quote, Profile, Research
Ford Motor Company (F)	Quote, Profile, Research
XEROX CORPORATION (XRX)	Quote, Profile, Research
3M Company (MMM)	Quote, Profile, Research
Honeywell International Inc. (HON)	Quote, Profile, Research
ITT Corporation (ITT)	Quote, Profile, Research
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