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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