European markets have opened higher today, after China’s manufacturing PMI climbed to an 18-month high in October. However, concerns over a sooner-than-expected reduction in the US Fed’s bond-buying programme kept gains in check.

Closer home, investors await economic data which is expected to show that UK manufacturing PMI declined to 56.1 in October from 56.7 in the previous month.

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