European markets have opened higher today, in line with overnight gains on Wall Street, after data showed an improvement in the US manufacturing activity. Later today, ADP’s US private-sector employment report will garner market attention.

Closer home, data from Nationwide indicated that UK house prices increased at the fastest annual pace since May 2010 in March. Later, investors will keep an eye on the nation’s construction PMI data.

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