European markets have opened mostly firmer today, extending previous sessions gains, amid optimism over developments in Greece’s debt negotiations. Trader look forward to today’s meeting between the Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, and the European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, for further direction.

Closer home, data from the BRC indicated that shop prices in the UK dropped in January. Later today, investors will keep a tab on UK Markit services PMI data. Additionally, Eurozone services sector and retail sales along with US private sector employment and services sector activity data will garner market attention.

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