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EUROPE BEFORE THE BELL: FUTURES CATCH ASIA RALLY

European futures are marching higher on Monday, catching a lift from Asia where an election landslide in Japan over the weekend sent Tokyo stocks to all-time highs.

Euro STOXX 50 futures STXEc1, DAX futures FDXc1 and FTSE FFIc1 futures are all up 0.4%.

Novo Nordisk NOVOb.CO, NOVG.F shares rose 4.5% in Frankfurt, following news over the weekend that online telehealth company Hims & Hers HIMS.N will stop offering its cheap GLP-1 pill after the U.S.'s Food and Drug Administration said it would take action against it.

In earnings, Italy's UniCredit CRDI.MI has hiked its profit outlook.

In M&A news, a consortium led by holding firm Advent and FedEx FDX.N has agreed to buy parcel locker company InPost INPST.AS in a $9.2 billion deal.

Sky News reported that NatWest NWG.L is closing in on a 2.5 billion pound takeover of Evelyn Partners.

Meanwhile, Anglo American AAL.L is selling diamond unit De Beers, with Angola pursuing a 20%-30% stake, a senior official from Angola's mining ministry told Reuters on Sunday.

(Lucy Raitano)

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