PARIS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Financial spreadbetters expected Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE to open 12 to 14 points lower, or down 0.2 percent, Germany's DAX .GDAXI to open 11 to 15 points lower, or down 0.1 percent, and France's CAC 40 .FCHI to open 1 to 2 points lower, or down 0.04 percent.
MAJOR EUROPEAN COMPANIES REPORTING:
Q4 2014 Anheuser-Busch InBev SA Earnings
ABI.BR Full Year 2014 ACS Earnings
ACS.MC Full Year 2014 Acerinox SA Earnings
ACX.MC Q4 and Full Year 2014 Koninklijke Ahold NV Earnings
AHLN.AS Full Year 2014 Allianz (XETRA:ALVG) AG Earnings Release
ALVG.DE Full Year 2014 British American Tobacco (LONDON:BATS) PLC Earnings
BATS.L Full Year 2014 Bayer AG (XETRA:BAYGN) Earnings
BAYGn.DE Full Year 2014 Bodycote PLC Earnings
BOY.L Full Year 2014 Colt Group SA Earnings
COLT.L Full Year 2014 Capita PLC Earnings
CPI.L Full Year 2014 CRH (LONDON:CRH) PLC Earnings Release
CRH.I Full Year 2014 Domino's Pizza Group PLC Earnings Release
DOM.L Q4 2014 Deutsche Telekom Earnings Release
DTEGn.DE Full Year 2014 Reed Elsevier (LONDON:REL) PLC Earnings Release
ELSN.AS Q4 2014 Eurocash SA Earnings Release
EUR.WA Full Year 2014 Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica SA Earnings
GAM.MC Full Year 2014 CGG SA Earnings Release
GEPH.PA Full Year 2014 Grifols SA Earnings Release
GRLS.MC Full Year 2014 GDF Suez (PARIS:GSZ) SA Earnings Release
GSZ.PA Full Year 2014 Heijmans NV Earnings Release
HEIJ.AS Full Year 2014 Hochtief AG Earnings Release
HOTG.DE Full Year 2014 Interserve PLC Earnings Release
IRV.L Full Year 2014 Ladbrokes PLC Earnings Release
LAD.L Q4 2014 Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA Earnings
OTEr.AT Full Year 2014 Premier Oil PLC Earnings
PMO.L Full Year 2014 Playtech PLC Earnings
PTEC.L Full Year 2014 Royal Bank of Scotland (LONDON:RBS) Group PLC (LONDON:RBS) Earnings
RBS.L Q4 & FY 2014 Repsol (MADRID:REP) SA Earnings
REP.MC Full Year 2014 RSA Insurance Group PLC Earnings
RSA.L Full Year 2014 Sacyr SA Earnings
SCYR.MC Q4 2014 Seadrill Partners LLC Earnings
SDLP.N Full Year 2014 SEB SA Earnings
SEBF.PA Q4 2014 Solvay (BRU:SOLB) SA Earnings
SOLB.BR Preliminary FY 2014 Spirent Communications plc Earnings
SPT.L Full Year 2014 Thales SA Earnings
TCFP.PA Preliminary 2014 TAG Immobilien AG Earnings
TEGG.DE Full Year 2014 Mediaset Espana Comunicacion SA Earnings
TL5.MC Full Year 2014 Veolia Environnement (PARIS:VIE) VE SA Earnings
VIE.PA
MAJOR U.S. COMPANIES REPORTING RESF/US :
Q4 2015 Autodesk Inc
Q4 2014 AES Corp
AES.N
Q4 2014 CenterPoint Energy Inc (NYSE:CNP)
CNP.N
Q4 2014 Gap Inc (NYSE:GPS)
GPS.N
Q4 2014 Kohl's Corp (NYSE:KSS)
KSS.N
Q4 2014 Monster Beverage Corp
Q4 2014 Ross Stores Inc
Q4 2014 Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE)
SRE.N
Q4 2014 Southwestern Energy Co
SWN.N
Q4 2014 Universal Health Services Inc (NYSE:UHS)
UHS.N
MAJOR MACROECONOMIC DATA/EVENTS (GMT) ECON :
0700 DE GfK Consumer Sentiment Mar
0855 DE Unemployment Change Feb
0900 EZ Money-M3 Annual Growth Jan
0900 IT Retail sales Dec
0930 GB GDP 2nd release Q4
1000 EZ Business climate Feb
1000 EZ Economic Sentiment Feb
1000 EZ Consumer confidence Feb
1330 US CPI Jan
1330 US Durable goods Jan
1330 US initial jobless claims w/e
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LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P 500
.SPX
2,113.86 -0.08 %
-1.62 NIKKEI
18785.79
1.08 % 200.59 MSCI ASIA EX-JP
488.5 -0.24 %
-1.19 EUR/USD
EUR/USD
1.1363
0.02 % 0.0002 USD/JPY
USD/JPY
118.94
0.08 % 0.1000 10-YR US TSY YLD U.S. 10-Year Bond Yield
1.957
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-0.01 10-YR BUND YLD
EU10YT=RR
0.325
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-0.01 SPOT GOLD
XAU/USD
$1,212.45
0.67 %
$8.05 US CRUDE
$50.72 -0.53 %
-0.27
> GLOBAL MARKETS-SHARES DIP FROM 5-MONTH HIGH, DOLLAR STEADIES MKTS/GLOB
> US STOCKS-S&P, NASDAQ EDGE DOWN WITH APPLE; DOW ENDS AT RECORD HIGH .N
> NIKKEI RISES TO FRESH 15-YEAR HIGH AS FED SUPPORTS MOOD .T
> TREASURIES-BOND PRICES RISE AFTER LATEST YELLEN REMARKS, CPI EYED US/N
> FOREX-FED DISAPPOINTS DOLLAR BULLS, WEAK DATA KNOCKS AUSSIE DOWN FRX/
> PRECIOUS-GOLD HOLDS ABOVE $1,200 ON VIEW US RATE RISE WILL BE DELAYED GOL/
> COPPER CLIMBS TOWARDS 6-WK PEAK AS CHINA TRICKLES IN FROM HOLIDAY MET/L
> BRENT DROPS TOWARDS $61 AS US CRUDE STOCKS RISE O/R