LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of European equitymarkets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Kit Rees. Reach her onMessenger to share your thoughts on market moves: kit.rees.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net CARREFOUR'S "TOUGH READ" - STILL SOME WAY TO GO? (0726 GMT)
Europe's dominant supermarket chain Carrefour's full-year update after yesterday'smarket close underlines how gloomy it's looking for the sector, hit by heavy pricecompetition and with tech players such as Amazon challenging longstanding business models. Analysts at Jefferies were prepared to see a "tough read" from Carrefour today, saying"nearer-term competitive and fx conditions remain highly volatile" Interestingly, yesterday it's peer Ahold Delhaize saw its shares bounce 3 percentafter reporting results, saying that savings from
U.S. tax reforms could instead be investedinto its online offering. The winner techs all in food retail? (Kit Rees) ***** EUROPEAN STOCKS FUTURES FALL, EARNINGS IN FOCUS (0702 GMT) Even if things are set to be muted at the index level, with stocks futures opening around0.4 percent lower just now, there are plenty of firms giving updates today to keep thingsinteresting - a full list for
Europe is below. Of note are full-year figures from Kion, which was hit hard last October when it cut its2017 profit guidance due to customers delaying investments, so today's release will be closelywatched. BMPS.MI Full Year 2017 Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA Earnings Release KBHL.CO Q4 2017 Copenhagen Airports A/S Earnings Release BTPP.PA Full Year 2017 Affine RE SA Earnings Release APETIT.HE Q4 2017 Apetit Oyj Earnings Release NHBG.MU Q4 2017 Nebelhornbahn AG Earnings Release TTOG.F Q4 2017 TTL Beteiligungs und Grundbesitz AG Earnings Release SPSN.S Full Year 2017 Swiss Prime Site AG Earnings Release AMPF.MI Q4 2017 Amplifon SpA Earnings Release APME.DE Full Year 2017 Ad Pepper Media International NV Earnings Release IMPN.S Full Year 2017 Implenia AG Earnings Release FNTGn.DE Q4 2017 Freenet AG Earnings Release EVRE.L Full Year 2017 EVRAZ plc Earnings Release KGX.DE Q4 2017 Kion Group AG Earnings Release ARGX.BR Full Year 2017 argenx NV Earnings Release & Q4 Business Update FITBIO.HE Q4 2017 FIT Biotech Oy Earnings Release ESSI.PA Full Year 2017 Essilor International SA Earnings Release RTO.L Full Year 2017 Rentokil Initial PLC Earnings Release SDR.L Full Year 2017 Schroders PLC Earnings Release NEX.L Full Year 2017 National Express Group PLC Earnings Release COB.L Full Year 2017 Cobham PLC Earnings Release HWDN.L Full Year 2017 Howden Joinery Group PLC Earnings Release SYNTS.L Full Year 2017 Synthomer PLC Earnings Release (Kit Rees) ***** EUROPEAN SHARES SEEN OPENING LOWER (0648 GMT) Good morning. Is it going to be a new month and a fresh start? That's looking unlikely. Following on from a weak session in the
U.S. as markets continue to digest Fed ChairPowell's testimony, European shares are seen opening lower, according to financialspreadbetters.
Britain's FTSE 100 is seen opening 42 points lower,
Germany's DAX is expected tofall 87 points and
France's CAC is seen 29 points lower. So it looks like it's going to be a muted start to March, following the STOXX's worst monthsince June 2016. (Kit Rees) (Reporting by Danilo Masoni, Helen Reid, Kit Rees and Julien Ponthus)