European markets have opened lower today, following Fed’s decision to trim a further $10 billion in its monthly bond purchases and after Chinese manufacturing activity slipped into the contraction territory for the first time in six months.

Meanwhile, investors await US GDP preliminary figures for the fourth quarter, slated for release later in the day.

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