European markets have opened lower today, as caution persisted after the US lawmakers failed to make any significant developments over the weekend, towards resolving a political impasse over the US budget and debt ceiling.

Closer home, investors await the release of BRC’s retail sales monitor index and RICS’s house price balance data, due later in the day.

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