European markets have opened lower today, tracking losses on Wall Street and Asian markets, after the US Federal Reserve decided to continue scaling back its bond buying programme and indicated that interest rates could rise sooner than expected.

Closer home, investors will focus on the Confederation of British Industry’s industrial trends survey for selling prices and total orders scheduled later today.

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