LIVE MARKETS-On the radar: cars, planes and oil

* European shares seen opening higher

* Asian shares rise to 14-week highs on trade deal hopes Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of European equity markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Joice Alves. Reach her on Messenger to share your thoughts on market moves: joice.alves.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net

ON THE RADAR: CARS, PLANES AND OIL (0750 GMT)

European shares are set to edge up as China- U.S. trade deal hopes are back on the table following some positive talks on Friday and following a surge in Asian shares today.

European futures are all in positive territory this morning, up around 0.5-0.6%.

Euro STOXX 50 futures hit their highest since end-Jan 2018, DAX futures hit their highest since mid-June 2018 while CAC 40 futures shot to their highest in almost 12 years.

The optimism over trade talks is likely to lift car shares. In the automobile sector, there are also some M&A updates as Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot expect to sign a binding merger deal as soon as early December.

Investors also have some new earnings updates to digest. Ryanair is seen opening higher this morning after its quarterly profit after tax beat expectations. The company also cut growth plans as it expects to take delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX in March at the earliest, two months later than it last forecast, which means the Irish low-cost company now expects to fly fewer passengers than previously forecast.

Among top movers, Igas Energy shares are seen opening down 15-20% after an UK moratorium on fracking.

Shares in Siemens Healthineers were down 4.4% in early Frankfurt trade after results. Shares in Wirecard up 2.3% after it announced details of share buyback program

The largest corporate news today is the long-awaited announcement of what is on track to become the world's largest listing. Aramco - the world's most profitable company - kick started yesterday its IPO announcing its plans to float on the domestic bourse.

On the Brexit front, Nigel Farage said yesterday that he will campaign countrywide against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal. As the futures highs show, European bourses don't seem much interested in Farage and have barely had any reaction to his announcements, so far.

Here is the main corporate headlines this morning:

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BRIEF-IAG To Buy Air Europa For 1 Bln Euros

Ryanair cuts growth plans as first MAX deliveries delayed to March

Telefonica Deutschland adds subscribers in Q3, confirms outlook

Healthineers says growth to continue after strong end to 2019

Traton 9M profit boosted 34% by new Scania truck sales

PostNL Q3 operating income misses estimates

Delta might pull out of Alitalia bid consortium -newspaper

Oil storage firm Vopak signs China deal, will expand Belgium, Mexico sites

French firm Axereal seals acquisition of Cargill's malt business

Insurer Hiscox's premiums grow, keeps reserves for hurricane Dorian

(Joice Alves)

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CHINA-U.S. TRADE TALKS, NIGEL FARAGE AND ARAMCO (0647 GMT)

European bourses are expected to open higher this morning after Asian shares surged today following some Friday's optimism over U.S. and China trade talks and upbeat U.S. job data.

Back in Europe, investors will have more UK election news to digest this morning as the leader of Britain's Brexit Party, Nigel Farage said on Sunday he doesn't plan to stand in the December election, preferring to campaign countrywide against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal.

On the corporate front, Aramco is taking the spotlight. The Saudi Arabia's giant finally kick-started its highly anticipated IPO on Sunday, announcing its intention to float on the domestic bourse in what could be the world's biggest listing.

Cars are also in focus, as Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot owner PSA aim to sign a final merger agreement as early as the beginning of next month.

Spreadbetters at IG expect London's FTSE to open 19 points higher at 7,321, Frankfurt's DAX to open 62 points higher at 12,961 and Paris' CAC to open 25 points higher at 5,787.

(Joice Alves)

***** (Reporting by Danilo Masoni, Joice Alves, Julien Ponthus and Thyagaraju Adinarayan)