European stock index futures point lower
LONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - European stock index futures fell on Tuesday, pointing to a weaker start for equities after Swiss lender UBS (UBSN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research) posted poor quarterly results and UK's Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L: Quote, Profile, Research) expected pretax loss for 2009.
Part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L: Quote, Profile, Research) also announced it agreed key terms of UK asset protection scheme.
By 0717 GMT, the futures for the Eurostoxx 50 STXEc1, German DAX futures FDXc1 and French CAC futures FCEc1 were down 0.8 to 1.1 percent. (Reporting by Joanne Frearson)
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