European markets have opened mostly higher today. Meanwhile, geopolitical tensions in Ukraine escalated following reports of violence in eastern Ukraine on Sunday.

Closer home, investors will focus on economic data which is expected to show that industrial production in the UK continued to rise in February. The NIESR GDP estimate data due later today will also garner market attention.

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