And happy as the screens were green
STOXX 600 up 0.3%
U.S. futures flat
UBS shares up 2% after results
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AND HAPPY AS THE SCREENS WERE GREEN
Signs that easing in global monetary policy is getting closer, and some positive company results saw European shares gain in the first hour of trading, with most major industry sectors and national share benchmarks in positive territory.
The broad STOXX 600 is up 0.3% .STOXX and while still down from its levels at the start of the month it has rebounded around 5% since its lows at the height of the turmoil on 5 August.
The macro picture is being shaped by a trifecta of cooler-than expected U.S. PPI Tuesday, a rate cut earlier in the day by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and cooler-than-expected British consumer inflation that all point to more easing ahead.
That's set the stage nicely for U.S. CPI later in the day, which has the capacity to build on that narrative or not.
Also on investors' radar will be flash employment and GDP estimates for the euro zone, set to drop at 0900 GMT.
Earnings from a few big beasts are helping set the tone as well.
UBS UBSG.S shares are around 2% higher after it reported a net profit of $1.14 billion for the April-June period, comfortably surpassing analysts' forecasts.
Shares in TUI TUI1n.DE are also up around 2% after Europe's largest tour operator's Q3 underlying EBIT beat market expectations helped by strong summer travel demand, and drawing eyes in London is Flutter FLTRF.L whose shares are up 10.4% after its results.
Those two mean the travel and leisure index .SXTP up 3.4% is Europe's biggest sectoral gainer.
(Alun John)
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