European markets have open in the red today, as political uncertainty in Greece and falling oil prices weighed on investor sentiment.

Closer home, data from Nationwide indicated that house prices in the UK rose at a slower pace in December. Later today, traders will track US consumer confidence and Eurozone M3 money supply data for further direction.

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