LIVE MARKETS-Europe's early morning headlines roundup

* European

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EUROPE'S EARLY MORNING HEADLINES ROUNDUP (06XX GMT)

Swiss Re (LSE: 0QL6.L - news) weighs SoftBank (Swiss: SOFB.SW - news) deal as 2017 profit beats estimates

Temenos confident it can accelerate sales at Fidessa - CEO

Sika (IOB: 0QMA.IL - news) earnings beat estimates as Saint-Gobain still looms

French group St Gobain's profits rise, eyes more earnings growth

Valeo (LSE: 0RH5.L - news) profit falls on R&D push, tax charge

Phoenix in talks over $4 bln purchase of Standard Life Aberdeen unit - source

EXCLUSIVE-Telecom Italia (Amsterdam: TI6.AS - news) picks Goldman and Credit Suisse (IOB: 0QP5.IL - news) for network spin-off

Italy's F2i, Rai Way raise bid for Telecom Italia's Persidera unit - sources

Bond changes insulate Avolon from HNA (Shanghai: 600221.SS - news) woes

EXCLUSIVE-EWE stake sale to attract interest from Macquarie, Shell (LSE: RDSB.L - news) -sources

Stobart in talks about potential deal with airline Flybe - source

Rio Tinto (Hanover: CRA1.HA - news) says changing structure, moving some staff

(Danilo Masoni)

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MORNING CALL: EUROPEAN BOURSES SET TO RETREAT (0619 GMT)

Good morning and welcome to Live Markets.

European shares look set to open up slightly after ending off lows in the previous session

on the back of a rebound at Wall Street on easing interest rate worries. The STOXX 600 is set to

end the week little changed little changed, stabilising 3.5 percent above the nearly 6 month-low

hit in the wake of the heavy sell-off earlier this month. The FTSE however is seen down slightly

today.

Over in Asia, shares rebounded as comments from a Federal Reserve official eased worries

about faster rate rises in the United States, while the safe-haven yen held on to its gains amid

heightened volatility across markets.

Here are your morning calls, courtesy of CMC Markets (LSE: CMCX.L - news) :

DAX is expected to open 30 points higher at 12,491

CAC40 is expected to open 11 points higher at 5,320

FTSE100 is expected to open 10 points lower at 7,242

(Danilo Masoni)

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