City of London skyline with 20 Fenchurch Street, affectionately nicknamed the Walkie Talkie as light fades at dusk on 27th November 2025 in London, United Kingdom.
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LONDON — European stocks are expected to open higher on Thursday as investors await another big batch of earnings reports.
The U.K.’s FTSE index and Germany’s DAX are expected to open 0.4% higher, France’s CAC 40 up 1.1% and Italy’s FTSE MIB up 0.5%, according to data from IG.
The positive open for regional bourses comes after markets closed mixed on Wednesday, as investors assessed another flurry of corporate earnings.
It’s another busy day for earnings on Thursday with Siemens, L’Oreal, Anheuser-Busch Inbev, British American Tobacco, Mercedes-Benz Group, Adyen, and Deutsche Borse among the companies reporting. U.K. fourth quarter GDP and industrial production figures are due on the data front.
In Asia Pacific markets overnight, Japan’s Nikkei 225 hit 58,000 for the first time in history, extending its post-election rally to fresh highs.
Meanwhile, U.S. futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average were little changed Wednesday night after the blue-chip index’s three-day win streak came to an end.
