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STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-index futures point to higher open

Wed May 13, 2009 2:18am EDT

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European stock index futures point to a higher start, with energy and mining shares seen rising on buoyant commodity prices, while reassuring comments from Intel (INTC.O) overnight may boost market sentiment.

Futures for the Eurostoxx 50 STXEc1, Germany's DAX FDXc1 and the French CAC 40 FCEc1 are up between 0.8 and 0.9 percent.

The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 lost 0.2 percent on Tuesday. The index has surged 32 percent since reaching a floor in early March.

MAJOR MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS/EVENTS (GMT):

0645 FR HICP Apr

0900 EZ Ind prod Mar

1100 US Mortgage index w/e

1230 US Export prices Apr

1230 US Import prices Apr

1230 US Retail sales Apr

1400 US Bus Inv Mar

MAJOR EUROPEAN COMPANIES REPORTING:

Q1 Telekom Austria AG (TELA.VI)

Q1 Bekaert Trade (BEKB.BR)

Q1 Dexia (DEXI.BR)

Q1 H. Lundbeck (LUN.CO)

Q1 ARKEMA (AKE.PA)

Q1 Bouygues S.A. Sales (BOUY.PA)

Q1 CNPAssurances Sales (CNPP.PA)

Q1 Eurazeo Sales Rls (EURA.PA)

Q1 Lagardere Sales Rls (LAGA.PA)

Q1 Vallourec (VLLP.PA)

Q1 Allianz SE (ALVG.DE)

Q1 E.ON AG (EONGn.DE)

Q1 K+S AG (SDFG.DE)

Q1 TOGNUM AG (TGMG.DE)

Q2 Aurubis AG (NAFG.DE)

Q2 ThyssenKrupp AG (TKAG.DE)

Q1 UniCredit (CRDI.MI)

Q1 Generali (GASI.MI)

Q1 A2A (A2.MI)

Q1 Autogrill (AGL.MI)

Q1 Campari (CPRI.MI)

Q1 Assicurazioni (GASI.MI)

Q1 Buzzi Unicem SPA (BZU.MI)

Q1 Cattolica Assicurazioni (CASS.MI)

Q1 Fondiaria-Sai SpA (FOSA.MI)

Q1 ING Groep (ING.AS)

Q1 SBM Offshore Trade (SBMO.AS)

Q1 GALP ENERGIA (GALP.LS)

Q1 Acciona, S.A. (ANA.MC)

Q1 Telefonica S.A (TEF.MC)

Interim Compass Group (CPG.L)

Legal & General Q1 IMS (LGEN.L)

Prelim VT Group (VTG.L)

Prelim J Sainsbury (SBRY.L)

Prelim Land Securities (LAND.L)

GB Prelim FirstGroup (FGP.L)

MAJOR U.S. COMPANIES REPORTING:

Q1 Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc (DPS)

Q1 Macy's, Inc. (M)

Q2 Whole Foods Market (WFMI.O)

Q4 CA Inc (CA.O)

Reuters Messaging rm://blaise.robinson.reuters.com@reuters.net

atul.prakash.reuters.com@reuters.net



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