European markets have opened mostly higher today, as upbeat economic data out of the US and China boosted investor optimism about the global economy.

Closer home, investors await a speech by Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, due later in the day, to get additional clues on the UK central bank’s policy outlook.

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