STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Europe futures point to higher open

European stock futures point to a higher open, boosted by the Federal Reserve raising its expectations for 2010 U.S. growth after equities fell the previous session.

Futures for the Eurostoxx 50 STXEc1, Germany's DAX FDXc1 and the French CAC 40 FCEc1 are up between 0.7 and 0.9 percent.

On Tuesday, the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 index of top shares closed 0.7 percent lower at 1,016.66 points.

MAJOR EUROPEAN COMPANIES REPORTING:

Porsche AG (PSHG_p.DE)

Atkins WS plc (ATKW.L)

Johnson Matthey (JMAT.L)

QinetiQ Group (QQ.L)

United Utilities (UU.L)