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STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Index futures point to more gains

Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:16am EDT

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European stock index futures point to a higher start after forecast-beating results from Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and Intel (INTC.O) reassured investors over the outlook for company profits.

At 0607 GMT, futures for the Eurostoxx 50 STXEc1, Germany's DAX FDXc1 and the French CAC 40 FCEc1 are up between 0.9 and 1.3 percent.

MAJOR MACROECONOMIC DATA DUE (GMT):

0830 GB Unemployment/Earnings May

0900 EZ HICP June

1230 US CPI June

1230 US NY Fed Manufacturing July

1315 US Industrial Production June

1530 US Cleveland CPI June

EUROPEAN COMPANIES REPORTING:

Land Securities (LAND.L) Trade

Casino (CASP.PA) Q2 Sales

Rio Tinto (RIO.L) Q2 Output

ASML Holding (ASML.AS) Q2

SKF (SKFb.ST) Q2

SGS (SGSN.VX) H1

Burberry (BRBY.L) Trade

Acergy (ACY.OL) Q2

U.S. COMPANIES

Xilinx. (XLNX.O) Q1

Abbott (ABT) Q2

Gannett (GCI) Q2

W.W. Grainger (GWW) Q2

Cintas Corporation (CTAS.O) Q4

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