PARIS, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Financial spreadbetters expected Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE to open 63 to 81 points lower, or down 1.2 percent, Germany's DAX .GDAXI to open 116 to 145 points lower, or down 1.4 percent, and France's CAC 40 .FCHI to open 60 to 74 points lower, or down 1.6 percent.
MAJOR EUROPEAN COMPANIES REPORTING: Q3 2014 PayPoint PLC Interim Management Statement Release
PAYP.L Q2 2015 Hansard Global PLC New Business Results
HSD.L Q3 2014 RPC Group PLC Interim Management Statement Release
RPC.L Q4 2014 Lenta Ltd Trading Statement Release
LNTAq.L Q4 2014 Nokia Oyj Earnings Release
NOK1V.HE Full Year 2014 Givaudan SA Earnings Release
GIVN.VX Q4 2014 TeliaSonera AB Earnings Release
TLSN.ST Preliminary Full Year 2014 Ascom Holding AG Earnings Release
ASCN.S Q4 2014 Intrum Justitia AB Earnings Release
IJ.ST Q4 2014 Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB Earnings Release
SEBa.ST Q1 2015 Infineon Technologies AG Earnings Release
IFXGn.DE Q4 2014 Wartsila Oyj Abp Earnings Release
WRT1V.HE Half Year 2014/2015 Diageo PLC Earnings Release
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MAJOR U.S. COMPANIES REPORTING RESF/US : Q4 2014 Abbott Laboratories
ABT Q4 2014 Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc
ALXN.O Q4 2014 Amazon.com Inc
AMZN.O Q1 2015 Air Products and Chemicals Inc
APD.N Q4 2014 Baxter International Inc
BAX.N Q4 2014 C R Bard Inc
BCR.N Q4 2014 Broadcom Corp
BRCM.O Q4 2014 Boston Properties Inc
BXP.N Q2 2015 Cardinal Health Inc
CAH.N Q4 2014 Cameron International Corp
CAM.N Q4 2014 Chubb Corp
CB.N Q4 2014 Celgene Corp
CELG.O Q4 2014 Colgate-Palmolive Co
CL.N Q4 2014 CMS Energy Corp
CMS.N Q2 2015 Coach Inc
COH.N Q4 2014 ConocoPhillips
COP.N Q4 2014 Quest Diagnostics Inc
DGX.N Q4 2014 The Dow Chemical Company
DOW.N Q4 2014 EMC Corp
EMC.N Q4 2014 Eastman Chemical Co
EMN.N Q4 2014 Ford Motor Co
F.N Q4 2014 Google Inc
GOOGL.O Q2 2015 Harman International Industries
HAR.N Q4 2014 Harley-Davidson Inc
HOG.N Q1 2015 Helmerich & Payne Inc
HP.N Q4 2014 Hershey Co
HSY.N Q4 2014 Invesco Ltd
IVZ.N Q4 2014 Leggett & Platt Inc
LEG.N Q4 2014 L-3 Communications Holdings Inc
LLL.N Q3 2015 Microchip Technology Inc
MCHP.O Q4 2014 Mead Johnson Nutrition Co
MJN.N Q4 2014 NASDAQ OMX Group Inc
NDAQ.O Q4 2014 Northrop Grumman Corp
NOC.N Q4 2014 Occidental Petroleum Corp
OXY.N Q4 2014 Principal Financial Group Inc
PFG.N Q4 2014 PulteGroup Inc
PHM.N Q4 2014 PerkinElmer Inc
PKI.N Q4 2014 Phillips 66
PSX.N Q4 2014 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd
RCL.N Q4 2014 Robert Half
RHI.N Q4 2014 Raytheon Co
RTN.N Q4 2014 Sherwin-Williams Co
SHW.N Q4 2014 Stanley Black & Decker Inc
SWK.N Q4 2014 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
TMO.N Q4 2014 Time Warner Cable Inc
TWC.N Q1 2015 Visa Inc
V.N Q1 2015 Viacom Inc
VIAB.O Q4 2014 Valero Energy Corp
VLO.N Q4 2014 Xcel Energy Inc
XEL.N Q4 2014 Zimmer Holdings Inc
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MAJOR MACROECONOMIC DATA/EVENTS (GMT) ECON :
0855 DE Unemployment Jan
0900 IT wage inflation Dec
1000 EZ business climate jan
1000 EZ Economic sentiment Jan
1000 IT Business confidence Jan
1300 DE CPI Prelim Jan
1330 US jobless claims w/e
1500 US pending homes index Dec
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LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P 500
.SPX
2,002.16 -1.35 % -27.39 NIKKEI
17606.22 -1.06 % -189.51 MSCI ASIA EX-JP
477.04 -1.08 %
-5.19 EUR/USD
EUR/USD
1.1278 -0.07 % -0.0008 USD/JPY
USD/JPY
117.64
0.09 % 0.1100 10-YR US TSY YLD US10YT=RR
1.717
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-0.01 10-YR BUND YLD
EU10YT=RR
0.354
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0.00 SPOT GOLD
XAU/USD
$1,282.61 -0.14 % -$1.74 US CRUDE
$44.46
0.02 %
0.01
> GLOBAL MARKETS-SHARES DIP; BULLISH FED TAKE INVESTORS BY SURPRISE MKTS/GLOB
> US STOCKS-WALL ST ENDS LOWER AFTER FED STATEMENT, OIL DROP .N
> NIKKEI POSTS BIGGEST DROP IN 2 WEEKS AFTER FED, DISMAL EARNINGS .T
> U.S. TIPS BREAKEVEN RATES FALL AS FED EYES LOWER INFLATION US/N
> FOREX-NZ DOLLAR DENTED BY DOVISH CENBANK, USD FIRM POST-FED FRX/
> PRECIOUS-GOLD RETREATS AS FED'S UPBEAT OUTLOOK BOOSTS DOLLAR GOL/
> LONDON METALS SINK AFTER FED CONFIRMS RATE HIKE PLAN THIS YEAR MET/L
> OIL NEAR SIX-YEAR LOWS AFTER U.S. STOCKPILES HIT RECORD HIGH O/R