European Shares Little Changed
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European shares were little changed at  29-month highs on Friday, with Germany's Ifo survey expected to  be an early focus.
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European stocks were broadly steady on  Friday morning in the truncated final session of 2004 in  holiday-hit trade, but markets were set to end higher for the  second year in a row and the outlook for 2005 remains firm.
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Asian share markets were flat on Tuesday, ignoring weaker oil prices and a mild rise in U.S. stock markets, and the dollar paused as officials in Europe and Japan fretted about its recent decline.
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European shares started little changed  on Tuesday, weighed by the dollar's fall to a new record low  against the euro, and a rise in oil prices, while French  insurer Scor fell on worries over a WTC jury decision.
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European shares opened steady on Thursday, with French advertising group Havas falling after news of a capital increase along with its first-half results but Richemont rallied after reporting strong luxury goods sales.
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Stocks were little changed on Thursday  after data gave a mixed picture of the U.S. economy and volume  was light, with traders using any upward moves to take profits  near year's end.
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European stocks have steadied after sharp losses on Wall Street overnight, while utilities failed to spark even as Scottish Power accepted a multi-billion-dollar takeover bid by Spanish peer Iberdrola.
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European shares rose to within a whisker  of fresh 2-1/2 year highs Monday amid relief that the Iraq  elections passed without a major hitch, which also helped to  push crude oil prices sharply lower.
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European shares held steady just below  2-1/2 year highs on Thursday with dealers reluctant to make any  big bets on the last full day of trading before the Christmas  holiday season.
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U.S. stock futures were in neutral early Wednesday, with very little corporate news or activity in European markets to entice trading.
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European stock markets were expected to open little changed on Tuesday after a lacklustre session overnight on Wall Street and ahead of results from media giant Vivendi Universal.
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European equities were little changed on Wednesday, as weakness for mining groups offset some pleasing third-quarter earnings.
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U.S. stocks ended little changed on Thursday as a report showing slowing Midwestern business activity offset gains in energy stocks on the back of rising oil prices.
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The Dow industrials and S&P 500 stock gauges were little changed on Tuesday as investors concluded that higher-than-expected inflation figures would not necessarily lead to higher interest rates.
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European equity markets have steadied as the aerospace sector drew investors' attention, following another overnight record for Wall Street's Dow Jones index.
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European equity markets were heading for a subdued open on Monday as Wall Street was to remain closed for a public holiday. US industrial production data in the previous session should underpin the market however.
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STOCKS stayed little changed yesterday as interest rates and a weakening dollar took centre stage after last weekâs US presidential election inspired rally.