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LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - European equity futures advanced on Tuesday, driven by gains overnight in U.S. stocks although lingering uncertainty over Greece's debt situation could cap the market's progress.
Futures for the euro zone's blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 index STXEc1 , Germany's DAX futures FDXc1 and France's CAC futures FCEc1 all rose between 0.4-0.6 percent.
Greece is near a cash-for-reforms deal with its euro zone partners and the International Monetary Fund that would help it meet debt repayments next month, the country's finance minister said on Monday, as worries persist over a possible bankruptcy. ID:nL5N0Y92CN
Greece's labour minister on Tuesday said Athens would soon conclude a deal with its foreign creditors that could unlock further loans to the country amid a liquidity squeeze.
Asked on Greek TV by when Athens would reach the cash-for-reform deal, Labour Minister Panos Skourletis said: "De facto, in the coming days." ID:nA8N0XR00L
Concerns over Greece have weighed on the euro currency EUR= , although European stocks themselves have proven relatively resilient to the Greek situation so far, partly because the weakness of the euro this year has benefited European exporters.
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COMPANY NEWS:
ALCATEL LUCENT ALUA.PA :
Telecoms equipment company Alcatel-Lucent said it had signed a collobration agreement with Korea's KT 030200.KS .
CREDIT SUISSE CSGN.VX :
Credit Suisse said on Tuesday it is issuing new shares representing 1.9 percent of its currently issued share capital as a result of the Swiss bank's 2014 scrip dividend. ID:nFWN0Y906C
DELTA LLOYD DLL.AS :
Dutch insurer Delta Lloyd posted an increase in its gross written premiums. ID:nFWN0Y906F
DEUTSCHE BANK DBKGn.DE :
Deutsche Bank is reviewing whether to move parts of its large British operations to Germany if Britain leaves the European Union, the Financial Times reported. ID:nL3N0Y95TE
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM DTEGn.DE /AXEL SPRINGER SPRGn.DE :
Talks between the telecoms operator and Axel Springer on a sale of the internet portal T-Online are stalling over diverging views on price, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported on Monday, without citing sources.
JULIUS BAER BAER.VX :
Swiss private bank Julius Baer said on Tuesday its assets under management fell 1 percent to 289 billion Swiss francs ($311.93 billion) in the first four months of the year. ID:nFWN0Y903X
KERING PRTP.PA :
The founder of Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) Group Holdings Ltd
LATECOERE LAEP.PA :
The aerospace parts supplier said first-quarter revenue rose 12.4 percent to 181.7 million euros.
MERCK KGAA MRCG.DE :
Merck (NSE:MERK) KGaA said 2015 adjusted core earnings would rise to 3.45-3.55 billion euros ($3.9-4.0 billion) in 2015, helped by a strong U.S. dollar boosting the value of overseas sales and the recent takeover of high-tech chemicals maker AZ Electronic Materials. ID:nFWN0Y9062
RIO TINTO RIO.L :
Mongolia and Rio Tinto have reached an agreement paving the way for work to resume on a delayed $5 billion underground copper mine that is expected to underpin the growth prospects of both the country and the global miner. ID:nL3N0Y95MT
SANOFI SASY.PA :
Sanofi and partner Regeneron REGN.O released "additional positive results" from an interim analysis of a mid-stage Phase IIb study of dupilumab in adult patients with moderate-to-severe asthma. ID:nHUG91yvlW
SONOVA SOON.VX :
Sonova, the world's largest maker of hearing aids, reported higher sales and earnings and increased its dividend. ID:nL5N0YA0BX
TOMTOM TOM2.AS :
Navigation and mapping products company TomTom said it had extended an agreement with Apple AAPL.O .
VODAFONE VOD.L :
Britain's Vodafone posted a rise in its quarterly sales measurement for the first time in nearly three years on Tuesday, helped by improving trends in its key European markets and demand for 4G mobile services. ID:nASM000A31
ZUMTOBEL ZUMV.VI :
Austrian lighting group Zumtobel reported a 40 percent jump in annual core profit as it shed or downsized plants, merged sales operations and bundled its purchasing. ID:nFWN0Y9047