European markets have open in the green today, extending previous session gains as investors continued to cheer the Federal Reserve’s commitment of taking a “patient” approach in lifting interest rates. Earlier today, the Bank of Japan kept its monetary policy steady.

Closer home, the Gfk report revealed that morale amongst consumers in the UK dropped more-than-expected in December. Later today, UK public sector borrowing and CBI distributive trades survey along with Eurozone current account balance data would be in focus.

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