European markets have opened in the green today, with technology sector stocks likely to be in spotlight, after US majors Apple and Facebook reported encouraging quarterly results. Later, traders will keep a close eye on ECB president Mario Draghi’s speech along with several corporate releases for further direction.

Closer home, investors will keep a tab on the Confederation of British Industry’s distributive trades survey data which is expected to show the sales balance rose in April. Additionally, German Ifo sentiment indices along with US durable goods orders data will grab market focus.

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