Stocks stay at highs as markets await key results

LONDON: European stocks and Wall Street futures loitered around 2009 highs yesterday as investors awaited a raft of third-quarter earnings statements later in the week.

In Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 index of leading shares was up 5.6 points, or 0.1 percent, at 5,215.77 while Germany's DAX fell 9.54 points, or 0.2 percent, to 5,773.69. The CAC-40 in France was down 2.85 points, or 0.1 percent, at 3,842.95.

In the US, stocks were expected to open largely flat. Dow futures were up 17 points, or 0.2 percent, at 9,836 while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 futures rose 2.2 points, or 0.2 percent, at 1,073.70.