European Factors to Watch on Friday August 7

LONDON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Financial spreadbetters expected Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE to open 4 points higher, or up 0.1 percent, Germany's DAX .GDAXI to open 9 points higher, or up 0.1 percent, and France's CAC 40 .FCHI to open flat.

MAJOR EUROPEAN COMPANIES REPORTING:

Banca Popolare di Sondrio

BPSI.MI

Q2 2015 Banca Popolare di ScpA

Sondrio ScpA Earnings Release Unione di Banche Italiane

UBI.MI

Q2 2015 Unione di Banche ScpA

Italiane ScpA Earnings Release CSR PLC

CSR.L

Half Year 2015 CSR PLC Earnings

Release Banco Popolare Sc

BAPO.MI

Q2 2015 Banco Popolare Sc

Earnings Release Osram Licht AG

OSRn.DE

Interim Q3 2015 Osram Licht AG

Earnings Release Bellway PLC

BWY.L

Bellway PLC Trading Statement

Release for the financial year

ending 31 July 2015 Allianz SE

ALVG.DE

Q2 2015 Allianz SE Earnings

Release Nokian Tyres plc

NRE1V.HE

Q2 2015 Nokian Tyres plc

Earnings Release Erste Group Bank AG

ERST.VI

Q2 2015 Erste Group Bank AG

Earnings Release Andritz AG

ANDR.VI

Q2 2015 Andritz AG Earnings

Release TDC A/S

TDC.CO

Q2 2015 TDC A/S Earnings

Release Hexagon AB

HEXAb.ST

Q2 2015 Hexagon AB Earnings

Release William Hill PLC

WMH.L

Half Year 2015 William Hill PLC

Earnings Release

MAJOR U.S. COMPANIES REPORTING RESF/US :

Sotheby's

BID.N

Q2 2015 Sotheby's Earnings Release Hershey Co

HSY.N

Q2 2015 Hershey Co Earnings Release

MAJOR MACROECONOMIC DATA/EVENTS (GMT) ECON :

0545

CH

Unemployment

0600

DE

Industrial output, trade data

0645

FR

Industrial output, trade data

0830

GB

Trade data

1230

US

Non-farm payrolls

1230

CA

Employment data

1430

US

ECRI Weekly

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LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P 500

.SPX

2,083.56 -0.78 %

-16.28 NIKKEI

.N225

20708.06 0.21 %

43.62 MSCI ASIA EX-JP

.MIAPJ0000PUS

443.79 -0.18 %

-0.82 EUR/USD

EUR=

1.0921 -0.02 % -0.0002 USD/JPY

JPY=

124.78 0.04 %

0.0500 10-YR US TSY YLD

US10YT=RR

2.234

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0.00 10-YR BUND YLD

EU10YT=RR

0.709

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0.00 SPOT GOLD

XAU=

$1,088.80 -0.02 %

-$0.21 US CRUDE

CLc1

$44.83 0.38 %

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> GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares set for third weekly drop

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> US STOCKS-Media stock selloff leaves Wall Street bruised

.N

> Nikkei falls on profit-taking ahead of US data

.T

> TREASURIES-Prices gain ahead of U.S. jobs data

US/N

> FOREX-Dollar steadies after week of gains, U.S. jobs data eyed

FRX/

> PRECIOUS-Gold faces longest weekly losing run since 1999

GOL/

> METALS-Copper, aluminium near 6-year lows; set for weekly fall

MET/L

> Crude oil futures up as investors await jobs data

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