European markets have opened in positive territory today, as traders cheered better-than-expected Chinese second-quarter GDP data.

Closer home, market participants await UK ILO unemployment and claimant count data which are expected to show an improvement in UK labour market conditions. Additionally, traders will closely track the Federal Reserve chief, Janet Yellen’s second-day testimony and Eurozone trade balance data for May.

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