LIVE MARKETS-Europe seen staying on a high

* European shares seen opening up slightly

* S&P 500 closed at record high

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EUROPE SEEN STAYING ON A HIGH (0641 GMT)

After the S&P 500 climbed to a new lifetime high yesterday and Asia shares rose overnight to three-month peaks, Europe too is expected to stay near its recent highs - as hopes of progress in Sino-U.S. trade talks and a soft Brexit keep the mood supported ahead of an expected Fed rate cut later this week.

Spreadbetters at IG expect London's FTSE to open 4 points higher at 7,335, Frankfurt's DAX to open 12 points higher at 12,954 and Paris' CAC to open 1 point higher at 5,732.

Earnings news is also expected to dominate.

In the U.S. there was mixed price moves in the tech sector with shares in Google parent Alphabet's falling after Q3 profit missed analyst estimates as costs continue to rise , while Microsoft shares rose after the company won the Pentagon's $10 bln cloud computing contract.

Of course a there are already lots of Q3 updates coming out of Europe this morning that are going to keep investors busy. Among them Fresenius, Straumann and Deutsche Boerse.

(Danilo Masoni)

***** (Reporting by Danilo Masoni, Joice Alves, Julien Ponthus and Thyagaraju Adinarayan)