Nov 19 - Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at markets.research@thomsonreuters.com IN THE BLACK AGAIN (0728 GMT) European stock futures are well in positive territory along with their U.S. peers after the Stoxx 600 index took a pause yesterday, closing lower and breaking a six-day rally fuelled by solid earnings. Wall Street provided support as both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit closing highs overnight, even if they struggled to shrug off hawkish inflation comments from a Federal Reserve policymaker. read more Japan’s Nikkei rose on tech and energy stocks, while Asian equities outside Japan declined. Some uncertainty has crept in among investors as a more robust than expected earnings season is about to end and worries about possible new pandemic-induced restrictions across Europe weigh on risk sentiment. (Stefano Rebaudo)