LIVE MARKETS-European bourses seen higher
Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of European equity markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Joice Alves. Reach her on Messenger to share your thoughts on market moves: joice.alves.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net EUROPEAN BOURSES SEEN HIGHER (0644 GMT) European bourses are expected to open higher this morning following some positive data from China. Asian shares reversed early losses as an unexpected bounce in Chinese manufacturing activity offset some negativity cast by yesterday's reports that Chinese officials doubt a trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump is possible. Spreadbetters at IG expect London's FTSE to open 31 points higher at 7,279, Frankfurt's DAX to open 68 points higher at 12,935 and Paris' CAC to open 27 points higher at 5,757. On the corporate front, good news for green packaging companies as Britain's largest retailer Tesco said it will remove one billion pieces of plastic packaging from its stores by 2020. (Joice Alves) ***** (Reporting by Danilo Masoni, Joice Alves, Julien Ponthus and Thyagaraju Adinarayan)