European markets have opened higher today, as investors continued to cheer the US Federal Reserve’s move to modestly cut its stimulus and maintain the near-zero interest rates. However, investors would be tempted to take profits following sharp gains in the previous session.

Closer home, the latest survey from GFK revealed that the nation’s consumer confidence index dropped to -13 in December from -12 in the previous month. Later, investors would keep a close eye on the release of UK GDP, current account, public sector borrowing and index of service data.

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