European markets have opened higher today, as investors look forward to manufacturing data across Europe and the US to gauge the strength of economic recovery. The German and Eurozone unemployment data will also garner market focus.

Closer home, data is expected to show that the nation’s manufacturing PMI dropped to a reading of 56.5 in March from a reading of 56.9 in the previous month.

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