European markets have opened higher today, following four successive sessions of losses, as investors look ahead to the US nonfarm payrolls data, to get additional clues on the outlook for the US Federal Reserve’s stimulus programme.

Meanwhile, Halifax reported that house prices in the UK grew 1.1% MoM in November, compared to a revised rise of 1.3% in the previous month. Later, investors would keep a close eye on the release of the Bank of England’s consumer inflation expectations data.

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