LIVE MARKETS-European stocks futures open lower

* European stocks futures retreat

* Wall St snaps winning streak; Asia gains

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EUROPEAN STOCKS FUTURES OPEN LOWER (0711 GMT)

European share futures have opened slightly lower, pointing to a weaker session in which

metals and energy stocks are set to weigh.

We could see a repeat of yesterday, when European stocks gradually warmed up from a weak

start to end the session higher.

Here's your futures snapshot:

(Kit Rees)

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EUROPEAN EARNINGS: LLOYDS, GLENCORE (Frankfurt: 8GC.F - news) , UK HOUSEBUILDERS IN FOCUS (0643 GMT)

As we said earlier, it's going to be another busy day of earnings, especially for UK banks

with Lloyds set to give a full-year update.

A report from Sky News late yesterday said that Lloyds will unveil a 1 billion pound ($1.40

billion) share buyback plan with its annual results, but Lloyds has declined to comment on the

report.

We've also got miner Glencore reporting full-year figures, and a couple of UK

housebuilders giving updates.

More broadly, European fourth-quarter earnings are expected to have increased by 14.6

percent from the same period in 2016, or 11.6 percent excluding the energy sector, according to

data from Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Here's a summary of European firms set to report this morning:

IBE.MC Full Year 2017 Iberdrola SA Earnings and Outlook Update Release

O2Dn.DE Q4 2017 Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG Earnings Release

ORAN.PA Q4 2017 Orange SA Earnings Release

GETP.PA Full Year 2017 Getlink Earnings Release

FGP (BSE: FGP.BO - news) .L Q3 2018 FirstGroup PLC Trading Statement Release

UTG (Other OTC: UTGN - news) .L Full Year 2017 Unite Group PLC Earnings Release

BDEV.L Half Year 2018 Barratt Developments PLC Earnings Release

CAPCC.L Full Year 2017 Capital & Counties Properties PLC Earnings Release

OMVV.VI Q4 2017 OMV AG Earnings Release

ACCP.PA Full Year 2017 Accor SA Earnings Release

ATOS (Paris: FR0000051732 - news) .PA Full Year 2017 Atos SE Earnings Release

SATG.DE Q4 2017 Sartorius AG Earnings Release

STDM.PA Q4 2017 Sartorius AG Earnings Release

AGES.BR Q4 2017 Ageas SA Earnings Release

TOM.OL Q4 2017 Tomra Systems ASA Earnings Release

REZT.ST Q4 2017 Rezidor Hotel Group AB Earnings Release

WLSNc.AS Full Year 2017 Wolters Kluwer NV Earnings Release

LLOY.L Full Year 2017 Lloyds Banking Group PLC Earnings Release

GL9.I Full Year 2017 Glanbia PLC Earnings Release

MTXGn.DE Q4 2017 MTU Aero Engines AG Earnings Release

HOCM.L Full Year 2017 Hochschild Mining PLC Earnings Release

GLEN.L Full Year 2017 Glencore PLC Earnings Release

HOTG.DE Full Year 2017 Hochtief AG Earnings Release

VLLP.PA Full Year 2017 Vallourec SA Earnings Release

TCH.PA Full Year 2017 Technicolor SA Earnings Release

(Kit Rees)

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MORNING CALL: EUROPEAN SHARES SET TO SLIP (0622 GMT)

Good morning and welcome to Live Markets.

European shares are seen edging lower this morning, according to financial spreadbetters, on

another busy day of earnings.

Spreadbetters expect Germany's DAX to open 40 points lower, France's CAC 20 points lower and

Britain's FTSE 100 5 points lower.

This follows a muted session on Wall Street, though Asian shares gained.

Aside from earnings, focus today will be on flash PMI releases for the Euro zone to see

whether the economic momentum can be sustained in the region.

(Kit Rees)

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