LIVE MARKETS-European stock futures fall

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EUROPEAN STOCK FUTURES FALL (0612 GMT)

Futures have opened down 0.6 to 1.1 percent across the major European benchmarks as stock

investors prepare for a sell-off to spread to Europe.

In economic news today, manufacturing PMIs will be released this morning for Europe and the

UK. Europe's reading is likely to be the same as previous estimates, while the UK PMI is likely

to ave fallen, SocGen (Paris: FR0000130809 - news) strategists say. "The series already looked toppy, and snow falls in March

disrupted activity," they write in a morning note.

(Helen Reid)

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EUROPEAN CORPORATE NEWS ROUND-UP (0555 GMT)

In global equities news, Spotify's IPO on the New York Stock Exchange is the biggest focus

today, and will be a particularly interesting one to watch given the pressures hitting Facebook (NasdaqGS: FB - news) ,

Amazon and other big tech stocks whose ascendancy has rarely been questioned in the past few

years.

In Europe, corporate news is relatively sparse but here are some headlines which could make

waves in the stock market:

British firm De La Rue (Other OTC: DELRF - news) to challenge government on passport contract

Strike-hit Air France (Paris: FR0000031122 - news) expects 75 pct of flights to operate, as rail stoppage looms

European Medicines Agency to review Sanofi (LSE: 0O59.L - news) -Regeneron's Dupixent, Cemiplimab

LVMH names Van Assche as new Berluti artistic director

ArcelorMittal (LSE: 0NSF.L - news) , Vedanta, VTB-JSW partnership among India Essar Steel suitors

Total (LSE: 524773.L - news) , Tikehau target 1 bln euro energy transition fund

(Helen Reid)

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MORNING CALL: NO EASTER CHEER FOR EUROPEAN STOCKS (0532 GMT)

Good morning and welcome to Live Markets.

European stocks are called to open sharply lower this Tuesday after a long weekend,

following the lead of Asian markets which tumbled as China retaliated against U.S. tariffs in a

deepening trade row.

Asian shares sold off overnight as trade tensions escalated and souring sentiment on global

technology companies continued to weigh on markets.

Beijing hit back against Washington by increasing tariffs by up to 25 percent on 128 U.S.

products, effective yesterday.

Spreadbetters call the DAX 115 points lower at 11,982, the CAC 40 down 52 points at 5,115,

and the FTSE 100 46 points lower at 7,011.

(Helen Reid)

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