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LIVE MARKETS-Earnings still rolling in

Reuters - UK Focus

* European shares expected to rise -spreadbetters

* China stocks slip ahead of Sino (Dusseldorf: 1205802.DU - news) -U.S. trade talks

LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of European equity

markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Kit Rees. Reach her on

Messenger to share your thoughts on market moves: kit.rees.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net

EARNINGS STILL ROLLING IN (0548 GMT)

Even (Taiwan OTC: 6436.TWO - news) though around 80 percent of European firms have already reported their Q1 earnings,

we've still got a few companies set to give updates today, notably Maersk and full year results

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from British Land (LSE: BLND.L - news) , National Grid (LSE: NG.L - news) , 3i Group and Experian (Other OTC: EXPGF - news) in the UK.

Earnings growth might not have been as stellar as in the U.S., but it is still clocking at a

health 13.7 percent for MSCI EMU companies, in dollar terms.

Here's a list of European companies reporting results today:

BLND.L Full Year 2018 British Land Company PLC Earnings

Release

PLT.MI Q1 2018 Parmalat SpA Interim Management Statement

Release

SZUG.DE Q4 2018 Suedzucker AG Earnings Release

ACTI (Taiwan OTC: 5240.TWO - news) .ST Q1 2018 ACTIVE Biotech AB Earnings Release

EING_p.DE Q1 2018 Einhell Germany AG Earnings Release

ALMB.CO Q1 2018 ALM. Brand A/S Earnings Release

VT9G.DE Q1 2018 VTG AG Earnings Release

MAERSKb.CO Q1 2018 AP Moeller - Maersk A/S Earnings Release

HLAN.AS Q1 2018 HAL Trust Interim Statement Release

ONCO.ST Q1 2018 Oncopeptides AB Earnings Release

SILMA.HE Q1 2018 Silmaasema Oyj Earnings Release

GEPH.PA Q1 2018 CGG SA Earnings Release

MWDP.PA Q1 2018 Wendel SE Trading Statement Release

ECT.AS Q1 2018 Eurocastle Investment Ltd Earnings Release

NG.L Full Year 2018 National Grid PLC Earnings Release

III.L Full Year 2018 3i Group PLC Earnings Release

FUTR.L Half Year 2018 Future PLC Earnings Release

INVP.L Full Year 2018 Investec PLC Earnings Release

ERM.L Half Year 2018 Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC

Earnings Release

EXPN.L Full Year 2018 Experian PLC Earnings Release

(Kit Rees)

*****

MORNING CALL: EUROPEAN SHARES SEEN OPENING HIGHER (0530 GMT)

Good morning. European shares are expected to open broadly higher this morning, according to

financial spreadbetters, though the focus will continue to be on Italian stocks and debt as the

country's two anti-system parties try to form a coalition government.

Overnight in Asia, however, Chinese and Hong Kong equities slipped ahead of the beginning of

trade talks between China and the U.S. later in the day, while Wall Street saw a positive

session, shrugging off a rise in 10-year U.S. Treasury yields.

Spreadbetters see Britain's FTSE taking a breather today and opening 4 points lower, while

Germany's DAX is expected to rise 13 points and France's CAC is seen gaining 10 points.

(Kit Rees)

(Reporting by Danilo Masoni, Helen Reid, Kit Rees and Julien Ponthus)