PARIS, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Financial spreadbetters expected Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE to open 7 points lower, or down 0.1 percent, Germany's DAX .GDAXI to open 17 to 18 points higher, or up 0.2 percent, and France's CAC 40 .FCHI to open flat to 1 point higher, or up 0.02 percent.
MAJOR EUROPEAN COMPANIES REPORTING: Full Year 2014 AXA SA (PARIS:AXAF) Earnings Release
AXAF.PA Full Year 2014 Bouygues (PARIS:BOUY) SA Earnings Release
BOUY.PA Full Year 2014 Brit PLC Earnings Release
BRIT.L Full Year 2014 Compagnie de Saint Gobain (PARIS:SGOB) SA Earnings Release
SGOB.PA Full Year 2014 Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA Earnings Release
PLOF.PA Full Year 2014 Edp Renovaveis SA Earnings Release
EDPR.LS Full Year 2014 EFG International AG Earnings Release
EFGN.S Full Year 2014 Eiffage SA Earnings Release
FOUG.PA Full Year 2014 Endesa SA Earnings Release
ELE.MC Full Year 2014 Euronext NV Earnings Release
ENX.PA Full Year 2014 Henderson Group plc Earnings Release
HGGH.L Full Year 2014 Intl Personal Finance PLC Earnings Release
IPF.L Full Year 2014 Man Group PLC Earnings Release
EMG.L Full Year 2014 Petrofac (LONDON:PFC) Ltd Earnings Release
PFC.L Full Year 2014 Prysmian SpA Earnings Release
PRY.MI Full Year 2014 Red Electrica Corporacion SA Earnings Release
REE.MC Full Year 2014 Safran (PARIS:SAF) SA Earnings Release
SAF.PA Full Year 2014 St. James's Place PLC Earnings Release
SJP.L Full Year 2014 Suez Environnement (PARIS:SEVI) Company SA Earnings Release SEVI.PA Full Year 2014 Telefonica (MADRID:TEF) SA Earnings Release
TEF.MC Full Year 2014 Teleperformance SA Earnings Release
ROCH.PA Full Year 2014 Vitec Group PLC Earnings Release
VTC.L Full Year 2014 Weir Group (LONDON:WEIR) PLC Earnings Release
WEIR.L Half Year 2014 Barratt Developments PLC Earnings Release
BDEV.L Half Year 2014/2015 Hays PLC Earnings Release
HAYS.L Half Year 2014-2015 Bonduelle SAS Earnings Release
BOND.PA Preliminary 2014 Freenet AG Earnings Release
FNTGn.DE Preliminary 2014 Salini Impregilo SpA Earnings Release
SALI.MI Q4 2014 AP Moeller Maersk A/S Earnings Release
MAERSKb.CO Q4 2014 April SA Earnings Release
APRL.PA Q4 2014 Deep Sea Supply PLC Earnings Release
DESSC.OL Q4 2014 Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co KGaA Earnings Release
FMEG.DE Q4 2014 Fresenius SE (XETRA:FREG) & Co KGaA Earnings Release
FREG.DE Q4 2014 Gruppo Editoriale l'Espresso SpA Earnings Release
ESPI.MI Q4 2014 Olvi Oyj Earnings Release
OLVAS.HE Q4 2014 Solar A/S Earnings Release
SOLARb.CO Q4 2014 Whitbread (LONDON:WTB) PLC Trading Statement Release
WTB.L Q4 2014 Yoox SpA Earnings Release
MAJOR U.S. COMPANIES REPORTING RESF/US : Q4 2014 Ameren Corp (NYSE:AEE)
AEE.N Q1 2015 Avago Technologies Ltd
AVGO.O Q4 2014 Chesapeake Energy Corp (NYSE:CHK)
CHK.N Q2 2015 Campbell Soup Co
CPB.N Q4 2015 Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM)
CRM.N Q4 2014 Cablevision Systems Corp (NYSE:CVC)
CVC.N Q4 2014 Dollar Tree Inc
DLTR.O Q4 2014 L Brands Inc (NYSE:LB)
LB.N Q4 2014 Lowe's Companies Inc
LOW.N Q4 2014 Transocean Ltd (NYSE:RIG).
RIG.N Q4 2014 Integrys Energy Group (NYSE:TEG) Inc
TEG.N Q4 2014 Target Corp (NYSE:TGT)
TGT.N Q4 2015 The TJX Companies, Inc.
TJX.N
MAJOR MACROECONOMIC DATA/EVENTS (GMT) ECON :
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LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P 500
.SPX
2,115.48
0.28 %
5.82 NIKKEI
18585.2
-0.1 % -18.28 MSCI ASIA EX-JP
489.57
0.82 %
4 EUR/USD
EUR/USD
1.1352
0.11 % 0.0013 USD/JPY
USD/JPY
118.78 -0.16 % -0.1900 10-YR US TSY YLD U.S. 10-Year Bond Yield
1.988
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0.00 10-YR BUND YLD
EU10YT=RR
0.365
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-0.01 SPOT GOLD
XAU/USD
$1,210.21
0.89 % $10.70 US CRUDE
$49.21 -0.14 %
-0.07
> GLOBAL MARKETS-SHARES UP AS YELLEN STRESSES POLICY FLEXIBILITY MKTS/GLOB
> US STOCKS-DOW, S&P FINISH AT RECORDS AFTER YELLEN COMMENTS .N
> TOKYO'S NIKKEI SHARE AVERAGE CLOSES DOWN 0.10 PCT .T
> BOND PRICES RALLY AFTER YELLEN TESTIMONY, STRONG 2-YEAR AUCTION US/N
> FOREX-DOLLAR SLIPS AS YELLEN SHOWS NO RUSH TO RAISE RATES FRX/
> PRECIOUS-GOLD REBOUNDS FROM 7-WEEK LOW AS YELLEN FLAGS FLEXIBILITY GOL/
> METALS-LONDON COPPER SLIPS AS CHINA RETURNS, SELLING RESUMES MET/L
> BRENT INCHES UP TOWARDS $59 ON FED FLEXIBILITY, CHINA FACTORY GROWTH O/R