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STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Futures point to weaker start

Wed May 6, 2009 2:26am EDT

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European stocks look set to fall, breaking a five-session winning run, after news late on Tuesday that Bank of America (BAC.N) needs to raise $34 billion in fresh capital. [ID:nN05520304]

DJ Euro Stoxx futures STXEc1, German DAX futures FDXc1 and French CAC futures FCEc1 are down between 0.3 percent and 0.5 percent. Financial spreadbetters expect Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE to open as much as 0.5 percent lower.

MAJOR EUROPEAN COMPANIES REPORTING:

Q1 Wienerberger AG (WBSV.VI)

Q1 Delhaize Group (DELB.BR)

Q1 Carlsberg (CARLb.CO)

Q1 Sampo (SAMAS.HE)

Q1 BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA)

Q1 ILIAD (ILD.PA)

Q1 JCDecaux (JCDX.PA)

Q1 Lafarge (LAFP.PA)

Q1 Legrand (LEGD.PA)

Q1 L'Oreal SA Sales Rls (OREP.PA)

Q1 Total (TOTF.PA)

Q1 Wendel Sales Rls (MWDP.PA)

Q1 BMW Group AG (BMWG.DE)

Q1 Deutsche Post AG (DPWGn.DE)

Q1 Henkel (HNKG_p.DE)

Q1 Munich Re Group AG (MUVGn.DE)

Q1 Tenaris, S A (TENR.MI)

Q1 Crucell (CRCL.AS)

Q1 Ahold Trade (AHLN.AS)

Q1 DnB NOR ASA (DNBNOR.OL)

Q1 Orkla ASA (ORK.OL)

Q1 Storebrand ASA (STB.OL)

Q1 Jeronimo Martins (JMT.LS)

Q1 ZON Multimedia (ZON.LS)

Q1 EDP RENOVAIS SA OVIEDO (EDPR.LS)

Q1 Fomento de Construcciones (FCC.MC)

Q1 Hexagon AB (HEXAb.ST)

Q1 Skanska (SKAb.ST)

Q1 Adecco SA (ADEN.VX)

Q1 Clariant Ltd. (CLN.VX)

Q1 Holcim Ltd. (HOLN.VX)

Q1 Swisscom AG (SCMN.VX)

Q1 Italcementi (ITAI.MI)

Interim The Sage Group (SGE.L)

MAJOR U.S. COMPANIES REPORTING:

Q1 Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (APC)

Q1 Devon Energy Corporation (DVN)

Q1 Embarq Corporation EQ

Q1 Expeditors Intl. WA (EXPD.O)

Q1 Marsh & McLennan Co., Inc. (MMC)

Q1 Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR)

Q1 PG&E Corporation (PCG)

Q1 Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (PXD)

Q1 Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU)

Q1 RR Donnelley RRD

Q1 Sunoco (SUN)

Q1 Tesoro Corporation (TSO)

Q1 XTO Energy Inc. (XTO)

Q3 Cisco Systems (CSCO.O)

Q3 News Corporation (NWSA.O)

Q4 Symantec (SYMC.O)

MAJOR MACROECONOMIC DATA (GMT):

Japan Market Holiday

0758 EZ Mar svcs PMI Apr

0758 EZ Mar comp PMI Apr

0828 GB CIPS svcs PMI Apr

0900 EZ retail sls Mar

1100 US Mortgage index w/e

1215 US ADP Employmt Apr

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