European markets have opened lower today, as dismal Chinese manufacturing data, broadly hawkish FOMC minutes and the IMF’s downbeat assessment of emerging economies weighed on market sentiment. Meanwhile, investors await a slew of economic data from the US and European economies due later in the day.

Closer home, investors would keep a close eye on the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) industrial trends survey to get additional clues about the nation’s economic strength.

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