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EUROPEAN STOCK FUTURES HEAD SOUTH
European equity markets look set to open the final day of a choppy week in the red, as investors attempt to digest what Trump and his policies might mean for global stocks.
Euro STOXX 50 futures STXEc1 are down around 0.7%, with the index so far having gained about 0.6% for the week. Futures on Germany's DAX .GDAXI, Britain's FTSE .FTSE and France's CAC 40 are down between 0.4%-0.6%.
Trump, late on Thursday, announced Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has previously spread misinformation on vaccines, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services in his new administration.
European vaccine makers - such as GSK GSK.L, Biontech 22UAy.DE and Sanofi SASY.PA - could be in focus at the open.
In other corporate news, Italy's top insurer Generali GASI.MI posted 9-month profit above estimates, despite a 930 million hit from natural disasters.
On the M&A front, German drug developer Evotec EVTG.DE has received an 11 euros per share offer from Halozyme Therapeutics HALO.O, valuing the company at about 2 billion euros.
(Samuel Indyk)
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