Futures signal sharp gains for European shares

LONDON | Tue May 22, 2012 7:03am BST

LONDON May 22 (Reuters) - European stock index futures pointed to a sharply higher open on Tuesday as expectations that grew European leaders may agree on some measures to boost investor confidence this week and that China will invest in infrastructure projects to combat slowing growth.

At 0601 GMT, futures for the Euro STOXX 50, Germany's DAX and France's CAC were up 0.5 to 0.8 percent.

(Reporting by Atul Prakash; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)

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