PARIS, April 9 (Reuters) - Financial spreadbetters expected Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE to open 23 to 27 points higher, or up 0.4 percent, Germany's DAX .GDAXI to open 27 to 28 points higher, or up 0.2 percent, and France's CAC 40 .FCHI to open 14 to 15 points higher, or up 0.3 percent.
MAJOR EUROPEAN COMPANIES REPORTING: Half Year 2015 Victrex PLC Trading Statement
VCTX.L Q1 2015 Stolt Nielsen Ltd Earnings
SNI.OL Q2 2014/15 Chr Hansen Holding A/S Earnings
CHRH.CO Q4 2014 A2A SpA Earnings
A2.MI Q4 2014 Cranswick PLC Trading Statement
CWK.L Q4 2014 Eurasia Drilling Company Ltd Earnings
MAJOR U.S. COMPANIES REPORTING RESF/US :
Q4 2015 Constellation Brands Inc (NYSE:STZ)
STZ.N
Q2 2015 Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
MAJOR MACROECONOMIC DATA/EVENTS (GMT) ECON :
0600 DE Industrial output Feb
0600 DE trade balance Feb
1100 GB BOE bank rate Apr
1230 US jobless claims w/e
1400 US wholesale inventories Feb
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LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P 500
2,081.90
0.27 %
5.57 NIKKEI
19927.29
0.69 % 137.48 MSCI ASIA EX-JP
507.78
0.97 %
4.86 EUR/USD
EUR=
1.0769 -0.09 % -0.0010 USD/JPY
JPY=
120.22
0.08 % 0.1000 10-YR US TSY YLD US10YT=RR
1.906
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0.01 10-YR BUND YLD
EU10YT=RR
0.166
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0.00 SPOT GOLD
$1,196.76 -0.47 % -$5.64 US CRUDE
$50.97
1.09 %
0.55 > GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks up, dollar supported by Fed minutes MKTS/GLOB
> US STOCKS-Wall St ends with modest gains after Fed minutes .N
> Nikkei rises to 15-year high on foreign buying hopes; 20,000 in sight .T
> Short-term yields rise as Fed on track to raise rates this year US/N
> FOREX-Dollar extends gains as hawks hear hike in Fed talk FRX/
> PRECIOUS-Gold falls on renewed bets for U.S. rate rise in June GOL/
> METALS-Aluminium drops on prospect of cheaper power in China MET/L
> Oil edges back from 6 pct fall, but outlook weak O/R