STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Futures signal gains; housing data eyed
European stock index futures point to more gains, tracking stronger U.S. and Asian stock markets, with the focus on key U.S. building permits and housing starts data while CPI data will be watched in the UK.
At 0604 GMT, futures for the Eurostoxx 50 STXEc1, Germany's DAX FDXc1 and the French CAC 40 FCEc1 are up between 0.6 and 1 percent.
European equities surged 2.4 percent on Monday as financial stocks climbed on hopes a recession in top global economies was abating, while energy shares tracked higher crude oil prices.
MAJOR EUROPEAN COMPANIES DUE TO REPORT:
Vodafone PRELIM (VOD.L)
Marks & Spencer PRELIM (MKS.L)
Air France-KLM Q4 (AIRF.PA)
Bank of Ireland PRELIM (BKIR.I)
Topdanmark Q1 (TOP.CO)
Cairn Energy TRADE (CNE.L)
Corio NV Q1 (COR.AS)
TUI Travel INTERIM (TT.L)
Burberry Group PRELIM (BRBY.L)
MAJOR U.S. COMPANIES DUE TO REPORT:
Home Depot Q1 (HD.N)
Hewlett-Packard Q2 (HPQ.N)
MAJOR MACROECONOMIC DATA (GMT):
0800 IT Trade balance March
0830 GB CPI, RPI April
0900 DE ZEW investor sentiment May
1230 US Building permits, housing starts April
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