BUZZ-Top of the Street: Kingfisher, Naturgy, paper & packaging firms A round-up of notable broker activity this morning from Europe's top-ranked* analysts: ** RBC raises Naturgy NTGY.MC to "sector perform" from "underperform" following a stock price correction after TAQA and Criteria dropped a plan to jointly bid for the Spanish utility ** Deutsche Bank raises British home improvement retailer Kingfisher KGF.L to "buy" from "hold", citing "robust" income growth, increased consumer confidence, po

LIVE MARKETS-Europe's futures inch up after French battering Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at markets.research@thomsonreuters.com EUROPE'S FUTURES INCH UP AFTER FRENCH BATTERING European shares were set for a slightly positive start on Monday, attemping to steady following last week's French political tremors that reverberated across bonds, currencies and equity markets globally.

UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on June 17 Updates futures, Adds news items June 17 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Monday, with futures FFIc1 up 0 .4%. * KINGFISHER: Kingfisher Plc KGF.L on Monday named Bhavesh Mistry as its new finance chief and said current CFO Bernard Bot will retire and leave the company no earlier than January 2025. * ASTRAZENECA: AstraZeneca's AZN.L blockbuster cancer drug Imfinzi combined with chemotherapy has been approved in the

UPDATE 2-Kingfisher taps British Land's Mistry as next CFO Adds timing in paragraph 2, detail on Mistry in paragraphs 3 and 4 June 17 (Reuters) - Home improvement retailer Kingfisher Plc KGF.L on Monday named British Land BLND.L finance chief Bhavesh Mistry as its next CFO to replace Bernard Bot who will retire. British Land in a separate statement said that Mistry has a 12-month notice period and a date for his departure will be agreed.

BRIEF-Kingfisher CFO Bernard Bot To Retire June 17 (Reuters) - Kingfisher PLC KGF.L : KINGFISHER PLC - KINGFISHER ANNOUNCES CFO SUCCESSION KINGFISHER PLC - KINGFISHER ANNOUNCES CFO SUCCESSION KINGFISHER: CURRENT CFO BERNARD BOT TO RETIRE KINGFISHER - KINGFISHER APPOINTS BHAVESH MISTRY AS ITS NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER KINGFISHER - CURRENT CFO BERN