london european markets are heading for a muted open on friday as investors assess corporate earnings reports and the latest policy decisions from major central banks britains ftse 100 is seen around 8 points lower at 7272 germanys dax is set to inch around 9 points lower to 16015 and frances cac 40 is expected to slip around 2 points to 6986 according to ig data the bank of england surprised markets on thursday by holding interest rates at historic lows after the us federal reserve announced wednesday that it will begin to curb the pace of its monthly bondbuying program later this month shares in asiapacific were mostly lower on friday with hong konglisted property developers weighing heavily on the hang seng index stateside stock futures were little changed in early premarket trading as investors geared up for the highly anticipated october jobs report with nonfarm payrolls expected to have increased by 450000 across the month the us economy added 194000 jobs in september far short of the 500000 projection