LIVE MARKETS-European stocks headline round-up
* European shares seen higher
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EUROPEAN STOCKS HEADLINE ROUND-UP (0733 GMT)
With (Other OTC: WWTH - news) so many results coming in today, we've rounded up some of the most important we're
watching:
Shell (LSE: RDSB.L - news) 's 2017 profits more than double
Unilever (NYSE: UL - news) fourth-quarter sales better than expected
Daimler (IOB: 0NXX.IL - news) warns spending on new technology to dampen earnings growth
Vodafone's growth edges lower in Europe, but still on track for year
Nokia (Milan: 23568.MI - news) top quarterly expectations, buoyed by patent payment
Roche expects 2018 profit to grow faster than sales[
BT's Openreach ramps up fibre broadband rollout
Microsoft (Euronext: MSF.NX - news) 's cloud computing business grows, stock edges up
Facebook (NasdaqGS: FB - news) forecasts rising ad sales despite dip in usage
Novo Nordisk (LSE: 0QIU.L - news) posts Q4 results slightly below expectations, chairman to step down
BBVA Q4 net profit falls 90 pct after Telefonica (LSE: 826858.L - news) stake writedown
Denmark's TDC (LSE: 0MOP.L - news) to buy MTG's Nordic Entertainment and Studios
Denmark's Orsted beats Q4 forecasts on strong wind operations
DNB Q4 beats forecast despite rise in digital investment
Dassault Systemes (Swiss: DSY.SW - news) posts double-digit growth in new licences revenue
Lundin Petroleum (LSE: 0NNR.L - news) launches dividend payments
Skanska (LSE: 0HBT.L - news) construction order intake just lags expectations
UK's Rank interim profit jumps on strong online business
Vivendi CEO optimistic about talks with Mediaset (LSE: 0NE1.L - news) over pay-TV dispute
Oreo maker Mondelez's profit beats on higher demand for key brands
Melrose (LSE: 136541.L - news) to publish formal bid document for GKN (Frankfurt: 694194 - news) on Thursday - source
Britain's Cranswick (LSE: CWK.L - news) says Q3 revenue ahead on strong Christmas
NEX Group says markets "noticeably" more active since start of 2018
British private equity group 3i posts increase in net asset value per share
Ocado promotes Luke Jensen to executive director role
(Tom Pfeiffer)
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FUTURES POINT TO BOUNCEBACK FOR EUROPEAN STOCKS (0717 GMT)
Futures have opened markedly higher this morning, pointing to a convincing bounceback for
the European stock market after a weak end to January. As we pointed out earlier, it's all about
earnings today, and UK companies' results have just hit the wire with heavyweights Unilever (Amsterdam: UZ8.AS - news)
and Shell reporting as well as Vodafone.
(Helen Reid)
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EARNINGS, EARNINGS, EARNINGS (0642 GMT)
It's going to be another busy day for corporate eanings with some big heavyweights like
drugmaker Roche, bank BBVA (LSE: 931474.L - news) and Nokia
having already released their numbers earlier on.
Overall fourth-quarter earnings for the STOXX 600 are expected to increase by 11.9 percent
year on year, the latest Thomson Reuters (Dusseldorf: TOC.DU - news) data showed.
Here's your full list of companies reporting today:
AB SKF Q4 2017 Earnings Release
AcadeMedia AB Q2 2018 Earnings Call
Aptiv PLC Q4 2017 Earnings Call
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA Q4 2017 Earnings Call
CapMan Oyj Q4 2017 Earnings Release
Cimpress NV Q2 2018 Earnings Call
Coloplast A/S Q1 2018 Earnings Call
Core Laboratories NV Q4 2017 Earnings Call
Daimler AG Q4 2017 Earnings Release
Dassault Systemes SE FY 2017 Earnings Call
DNB ASA Q4 2017 Earnings Release
Eaton Corporation PLC Q4 2017 Earnings Call
Ferrari NV Q4 2017 Earnings Call
Granges AB Q4 2017 Earnings Release
Inwido AB (LSE: 0QXM.L - news) (publ) Q4 2017 Earnings Release
JM AB Q4 2017 Earnings Release
Kesko Oyj Q4 2017 Earnings Release
Lemminkainen Oyj FY 2017 Earnings Call
Lundin Petroleum AB Q4 2017 Earnings Release
Modern Times Group MTG AB Q4 2017 Earnings Release
Nokia Oyj Q4 2017 Earnings Release
Novo Nordisk A/S Q4 2017 Earnings Call
OM Asset Management PLC Q4 & FY 2017 Earnings Call
Orsted A/S Q4 2017 Earnings Release
Panostaja Oyj Annual Shareholders Meeting
Petroleum Geo Services ASA Q4 2017 Earnings Release
Qiagen NV Q4 2017 Earnings Call
Rank Group PLC HY 2018 Earnings Release
Roche Holding AG FY 2017 Earnings Release
Royal Dutch Shell PLC Q4 2017 Earnings Release
Sensata Technologies Holding NV Q4 2017 Earnings Release
Skanska AB Q4 2017 Earnings Release
Stolt-Nielsen Ltd Q4 & FY 2017 Earnings Call
Unilever PLC Q4 2017 Earnings Release
Yit Oyj Q4 2017 Earnings Release
(Danilo Masoni)
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MORNING CALL: EUROPE SEEN HIGHER (0617 GMT)
Good morning and welcome to Live Markets.
European stocks are set for a positive open on the first day of February, recovering the
slight losses seen in the previous session when the broader STOXX 600 index fell for a
third straight session to its lowest level in almost four weeks. The STOXX ended January up 1.6
percent.
Overnight Asian shares eked out modest gains, clawing back sharp losses from earlier this
week, however, rising U.S. bond yields and interest rates could dampen investors' optimism
toward the global economic outlook.
Here are your opening calls, courtesy of CMC Markets (LSE: CMCX.L - news) .
FTSE100 is expected to open 23 points higher at 7,556
DAX is expected to open 41 points higher at 13,230
CAC40 is expected to open 14 points higher at 5,495
(Danilo Masoni)
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(Reporting by Danilo Masoni, Helen Reid, Kit Rees and Julien Ponthus)