european stock markets are heading for a lower open monday as the last of earnings season results roll in and with two key inflation prints ahead the regional stoxx 600 index fell 24 last week mirroring a slide in us stocks as investors took profits near the end of earnings season and risk sentiment appeared to creep back to the fore consumer price index releases are due from china on wednesday and the united states on thursday analysts polled by reuters expect china to report disinflation of 05 which would prove a positive for global price pressures but which could signal the country needs more stimulus measures to boost its economy while the us federal reserves next monetary policy decision isnt until sept 20 the us figure will be closely watched for an indication of how high it make take rates and how long it will keep them at current levels a reuters poll sees a yearonyear consumer price index increase of 33 up from 3 in june results are in from the likes of saudi aramco and siemens energy in europe and beyond meat and paramount in the united states it has been a solid season for wall street earnings so far with some big tech firms beating forecasts and around fourfifths of sp 500 companies exceeding expectations according to factset asiapacific markets are mainly lower monday as us futures are higher