STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Index futures point to a weaker start
European stock index futures point to a lower open after closing higher in the previous session, with investors awaiting U.S. GDP numbers and a slew of earnings news.
Futures for the Euro STOXX 50 STXEc1, Germany's DAX FDXc1 and French CAC FCEc1 are down 0.3-0.5 percent.
The FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 index of top European shares ended 2.2 percent higher at 930.62 points on Thursday, the highest finish since early November of last year.
MAJOR EUROPEAN COMPANIES REPORTING:
Total (TOTF.PA)
Anglo American (AAL.L)
British Airways (BAY.L)
SABMiller (SAB.L)
NV Bekaert (BEKB.BR)
Belgacom (BCOM.BR)
UCB (UCB.BR)
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBLB.BR)
DSV (DSV.CO)
Lafarge (LAFP.PA)
CNP Assurances (CNPP.PA)
Compagnie Generale des Etablissemen (MICP.PA)
Schneider Electric (SCHN.PA)
Eiffage (FOUG.PA)
JCDecaux (JCDX.PA)
PPR (PRTP.PA)
Safran (SAF.PA)
Eutelsat Communications (ETL.PA)
Assicurazioni Generali (GASI.MI)
SES SESFg.LU
ZON Multimedia Servicos de Telecomu (ZON.LS)
Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles (BME.MC)
Criteria CaixaCorp (CRIT.MC)
Zardoya Otis (ZOT.MC)
Pargesa Holding (PARG.S)
Sika (SIK.S)
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (JLT.L)
Liberty International (LII.L)
United Business Media (UBM.L)
Rentokil Initial (RTO.L)
ENI (ENI.MI)
Enel (ENEI.MI)
MAJOR US COMPANIES REPORTING:
Chevron (CVX)
The Washington Post Co. (WPO)
Allergan (AGN)
Apartment Investment&Management (AIV)
AutoNation (AN)
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (CEG)
Dominion Resources Inc. (D)
ITT Corporation (ITT)
Nicor Inc. (GAS)
PSEG (PEG)
Sempra Energy (SRE)
Snap-on Incorporated (SNA)
Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY)
MAJOR MACROECONOMIC DATA (GMT):
1230 U.S. GDP Q2
1300 U.S. NAPM-NY
1345 U.S. Chicago PMI
1345 U.S. PMI
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