European markets have opened lower today, as traders look forward to the Eurogroup extraordinary meeting in Brussels to discuss Greece’s request for a six-month extension to its Eurozone loan programme. Meanwhile, Germany rejected Greece’s request for extension of its loan agreement.

Closer home, market participants will keep a tab on UK public sector net borrowing and retail sales data due later today. Moreover, manufacturing and service sector activity data from the Eurozone and Germany along with US Markit manufacturing PMI figures will garner market attention.

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