European index futures point to weaker open

LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - European index futures pointed to a weaker open on Thursday as economic worries offset the impact of a positive vote from the U.S. Senate for a $700 billion financial sector bailout package.

At 0605 GMT, DJ Euro Stoxx 50 futures STXEc1 and DAX futures FDXc1 were down 0.5 percent and CAC futures FCEc1 were down 0.6 percent, tracking weakness in Asian shares.

Earlier, financial bookmakers had called the major European indexes to open broadly higher.

(Reporting by Sitaraman Shankar)