European markets have opened mostly lower today, as traders opted to remain on the sidelines ahead of the European parliament election outcome over the weekend. Additionally, the presidential election in Ukraine on Sunday will attract market attention. With no major domestic macro data today, market participants will eye German Ifo sentiment and US new home sales data for further direction.

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