European stocks poised for higher open
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European equity markets were expected to open higher on Monday, thanks to oil prices falling after it was hoped a UN-brokered ceasefire would end five weeks of fighting between Israel and Hizbollah.
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U.S. stocks are set for a higher opening on Thursday, according to index futures, after any fears of a rate rise receded, and amid a raft of earnings reports and economic data.
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European equities moved higher on Friday, with financial stocks leading the advance as buyers returned after losses of more than 2 per cent over the last three session's.
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Shares on Wall Street are expected to open higher on Tuesday, taking a cue from a strong performance in European and Asian markets, while bid talk takes the top slot in a thin day for company events.
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Wall Street was poised for a higher open on Friday, lifted by positive news from the technology sector, including higher-than-expected results from software maker Oracle Corp  and a stock buyback from Texas Instruments Inc .
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Stocks headed for a higher open on Thursday, buoyed by a government report suggesting strength in the labor market and optimism about government and central bank efforts to boost the economy.
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European equity markets moved higher in afternoon trade on Friday as Wall Street's early gains tempted bargain hunters back into the fray.
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European equities were higher in morning trade on Tuesday, led by mobile telecoms groups and carmakers.
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U.S. stocks look set to open higher  on Wednesday as technology shares could be boosted by Dell's   better-than-expected third-quarter results, while  investors awaited key U.S. macro economic data.
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European shares got off to a sparkling start of the New Year, rallying to a 30-month high on Monday after a broad rebound of the dollar lifted exporters such as car giant DaimlerChrysler.
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Stocks headed for a higher open on Tuesday, buoyed by news of an executive reshuffle at Starbucks Corp  and as a rise in oil prices spurred gains in energy shares.
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European stock markets have risen modestly ahead of keenly-awaited US inflation data.
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Stock index futures rose before the start of Wall Street trading on Tuesday, with financial stocks likely to be in focus after news of further write-downs on risky assets at two big European banks.
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PARIS: European shares opened higher on Friday, led by oil heavyweights such as BP ahead of an expected decision by Opec to trim its output.
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U.S. stocks were poised to open higher, with Wall Street growing more upbeat about corporate profits after solid results from Apple, American Express and DuPont.
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U.S. stocks looked set to open higher on Monday, with shares of metal producers poised to gain as takeover activity in the sector heated up.
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European equity markets looked likely to nudge higher at the open on Wednesday following overnight gains on Wall Street, but caution was expected ahead of weekly US crude inventory numbers in the midst of oil prices above &#36;50 a barrel.