LIVE MARKETS-Futures point to bounceback for European stocks

* European shares seen higher

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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 (LSE: RDSB.L - news) 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 (Milan: 23568.MI - news)

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)