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LIVE MARKETS-Futures are up
Feb 13 - Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of European equity markets brought to
you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Julien Ponthus. Reach him on Messenger to
share your thoughts on market moves: julien.ponthus.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net
FUTURES ARE UP (0715 GMT)
European futures are trading comfortably in the black as it seems that the content of the
earnings galore this morning isn't going to spoil the risk-on spirit lifting global markets due
to trade optimism.
U.S. futures are also rising by the way.
(Julien Ponthus)
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SPEAK OF THE EARNINGS...(0703 GMT)
Speak of the earnings and they shall appear. It's earnings galore this morning, so much so
that the list of companies reporting today couldn't fit on a single screenshot without
de-zooming from the Reuters Morning News Call !
Just to name a few of the blue chips reporting this morning (a lot of Dutch companies it has
to be said), we've got Heineken (LSE: 0O26.L - news) , Koninklijke Vopak NV, Clariant
, Amundi (Berlin: 350155.BE - news) or Akzo Nobel (Amsterdam: AKZA.AS - news) .
(Julien Ponthus)
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EARNINGS: Q4 EXPECTATIONS NO LONGER FALLING (0640 GMT)
Good news! Q4 earnings forecast for STOXX 600 companies are no longer in free fall and have
actually edged up to 3 percent year-on-year , I/B/E/S Refinitiv data shows.
Data showed last week a 2.3 percent earnings growth expectation, which constituted a sharp
fall from earlier forecasts.
You can see the evolution of Q4 earnings growth expectations here:
(Julien Ponthus)
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EUROPEAN BOURSES READY TO GO WITH THE (GOOD) FLOW (0620 GMT)
European bourses seem ready to go with the (good) flow and follow their Asian and U.S. peers
higher as optimism that Washington and Beijing might be able to hammer out a trade deal lifts
global markets.
IG (Frankfurt: A0EARV - news) data shows financial spreadbetters expect London's FTSE to open 33 points higher,
Frankfurt's DAX up 53 points and Paris' CAC to rise 15 points.
(Julien Ponthus)
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