LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Financial spreadbetters expected Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE to open 1 to 4 points higher, or up as much as 0.1 percent, Germany's DAX .GDAXI to open up 30 to 32 points, or as much as 0.3 percent higher, and France's CAC 40 .FCHI to open 17 to 18 points higher, or up 0.4 percent.
MAJOR EUROPEAN COMPANIES REPORTING:
Heineken NV
Q3 2015 Heineken NV
Trading Update Red Electrica Corporacion
Q3 2015 Red Electrica SA
Corporacion SA Earnings
Release Deutsche Boerse AG
Q3 2015 Deutsche Boerse AG
Earnings Release Linde AG
Q3 2015 Linde AG Earnings
Release Heineken Holding NV
Q3 2015 Heineken NV
Trading Update Numericable SFR SA
Q3 2015 Numericable SFR SA
Earnings Release Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Q3 2015 Fiat Chrysler NV
Automobiles NV Earnings
Release Altice NV
ATCB.AS
Q3 2015 Altice NV Earnings
Release Volkswagen (DE:VOWG) AG
Q3 2015 Volkswagen AG
Earnings Release Abertis Infraestructuras
Nine Months 2015 Abertis SA
Infraestructuras SA
Earnings Release Snam SpA
Q3 2015 Snam SpA Earnings
Release Next PLC
Q3 2015 Next PLC Trading
Statement Release Telenor ASA
Q3 2015 Telenor ASA
Earnings Release Statoil ASA
Q3 2015 Statoil ASA
Earnings Release UCB SA
Q3 2015 UCB SA Earnings
Release GEA Group AG
Q3 2015 GEA Group AG
Earnings Release Skanska AB
Q3 2015 Skanska AB
Earnings Release British American Tobacco
Nine Months 2015 British PLC
American Tobacco PLC
Trading Statement Release Lloyds Banking Group PLC
Q3 2015 Lloyds Banking
Group PLC Interim
Management Statement Standard Life PLC
Q3 2015 Standard Life PLC
AUA and Flows Update
Release GlaxoSmithKline PLC
Q3 2015 GlaxoSmithKline
PLC Earnings Release Compagnie de Saint Gobain
Q3 2015 Compagnie de Saint SA
Gobain SA Corporate Sales
Release
MAJOR MACROECONOMIC DATA/EVENTS (GMT) ECON :
0700
DE
GfK Consumer Sentiment
0700
DE
Import Prices
0745
FR
Consumer Confidence
0900
IT
Business, Consumer confidence
1100
US
Mortgage data
1230
US
Adv Goods Trade balance
1800
US
Fed Funds Target Rate
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> Nikkei rises in light trade ahead of Fed, BOJ meetings
.T
> TREASURIES-U.S. bond prices rise on weak durable goods data
US/N
> FOREX-Dollar edges up near 2-1/2-month high ahead of Fed outcome
FRX/
> PRECIOUS-Gold clings to gains, but caution prevails ahead of Fed
GOL/
> METALS-London copper slips, demand worries drag
MET/L
> U.S. crude rises after inventory draw at Cushing hub
O/R