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LONDON - European stock index futures signaled to a slightly higher open on Thursday as a slew of macroeconomic releases pointed to a stabilization in the Chinese economy, a day after U.S. numbers showed an improvement in the housing sector.

At 6:03 GMT, futures for Euro STOXX 50,
Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC were all up 0.2
percent.