LIVE MARKETS-Morning call: European stocks to fall after less hawkish Fed

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MORNING CALL: EUROPEAN STOCKS TO FALL AFTER LESS HAWKISH FED(0618 GMT)

Good morning and welcome to Live Markets.

European stocks are called to open lower this morning after the Fed raised rates overnight

and forecast two more hikes for 2018, a guidance seen as less hawkish than anticipated.

The slower pace of rate hikes weighed on the U.S. dollar, which could have a knock-on effect

today on European exporters earnings in dollars.

Chinese shares slipped overnight to two-week lows, with trade war fears still gripping

investors.

Oil prices near six-week highs could however give a boost to energy stocks in European

trading today.

Spreadbetters call the DAX 48 points lower at 12,261, the CAC 40 down 20 points at 5,225,

and the FTSE 100 22 points lower at 7,017.

(Helen Reid)

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