European markets have opened in positive territory today, extending yesterday’s gains as conciliatory comments from the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, lifted investors’ sentiment.

Closer home, market participants await the revised second-quarter Gross Domestic Product data due later in the day. Meanwhile, amid a lack of major economic releases in the Eurozone today, traders look forward to US industrial production and Reuters/Michigan consumer sentiment data for further cues.

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