European markets have opened higher today, as investors awaited a slew of earnings releases from several UK and European corporations. Further, a private data indicating improvement in Chinese manufacturing activities also added to investors’ optimism.

Closer home, investors await the release of the CBI’s industrial orders trends survey data, due later in the day.

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