European Factors to Watch on Friday Feb 27

PARIS, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Financial spreadbetters expected Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE to open 3 to 4 points lower, or down 0.1 percent, Germany's DAX .GDAXI to open 3 to 4 points lower, or down 0.04 percent, and France's CAC 40 .FCHI to open 11 to 12 points lower, or down 0.2 percent.

MAJOR EUROPEAN COMPANIES REPORTING: Full Year 2014 Amadeus IT Holding SA Earnings Release

AMA.MC Full Year 2014 BASF SE (XETRA: BASFN ) Earnings Release

BASFn.DE Full Year 2014 IMI (LONDON: IMI ) PLC Earnings Release

IMI.L Full Year 2014 Koninklijke Vopak NV Earnings Release

VOPA.AS Full Year 2014 Pearson (LONDON: PSON ) PLC Earnings Release

PSON.L Full Year 2014 Rentokil Initial PLC Earnings Release

RTO.L Full Year 2014 Restaurant Group PLC Earnings Release

RTN.L Full Year 2014 Tecnicas Reunidas SA Earnings Release

TRE.MC Full Year 2014 UBM PLC Earnings Release

UBM.L Full Year 2014 William Hill PLC Earnings Release

WMH.L Half Year 2015 Ricardo PLC Earnings Release

RCDO.L Preliminary 2014 Brunel International NV Earnings Release

BRUN.AS Preliminary 2014 Salzgitter AG Earnings Release

SZGG.DE Q4 2014 Aker ASA Earnings Release

AKER.OL Q4 2014 Belgacom SA Earnings Release

BCOM.BR Q4 2014 Corporacion Financiera Alba SA Earnings Release

ALB.MC Q4 2014 Piaggio & C SpA Earnings Release

PIA.MI

MAJOR U.S. COMPANIES REPORTING RESF/US :

Q4 2014 NRG Energy Inc (NYSE: NRG )

NRG.N

MAJOR MACROECONOMIC DATA/EVENTS (GMT) ECON :

0700 DE Import prices Jan

0745 FR Consumer spending Jan

0745 FR Producer Prices Jan

1000 IT CPI Feb

1330 US GDP prelim Q4

1445 US Chicago PMI Feb

1500 US U Michigan Sentiment Final Feb

1500 US Pending Homes Jan

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> US STOCKS-NASDAQ RESUMES CLIMB; S&P 500, DOW FALL WITH ENERGY .N

> TOKYO'S NIKKEI SHARE AVERAGE CLOSES UP 0.06 PCT .T

> TREASURIES-BOND PRICES DIP ON HIGHER JAN CORE (NSE: CORE.NS ) CPI, WEAK 7-YR AUCTION US/N

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> COPPER NEARS $6,000, EYES BIGGEST MONTHLY GAIN SINCE SEPT 2012 MET/L

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