LONDON — European stocks are expected to open higher across the spectrum as expectations rise that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in December.

The U.K.'s FTSE index is seen opening 0.25% higher, Germany's DAX up 0.7%, France's CAC 40 up 0.67% and Italy's FTSE MIB 0.64% higher, according to data from IG.

Regional bourses look set to follow their counterparts on Wall Street and in the Asia-Pacific region higher amid expectations that the Fed will cut when it next meets on Dec. 9 and 10.

Markets are pricing in almost an 85% chance of a quarter percentage point cut by the central bank, according to the CME FedWatch tool . New York Fed President John Williams also said on Friday that there was room to lower rates " in the near ter

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