European markets have opened in the red today, extending the previous session losses triggered by news that a Malaysian air-plane was shot down in eastern Ukraine.

With no major domestic economic releases today, traders will monitor updates from the Russia-Ukraine region and the Gaza strip where Israel launched ground invasion yesterday night. Meanwhile, Eurozone current account balance and US Reuters/Michigan consumer sentiment data will be closely watched for further direction.

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