Latest Eurozone data released by Markit 5 Dec 2017

  • Composite PMI 60.3 vs 60.1 expected

The key highlight here is that employment growth hit a near 16.5 years high - with the sharpest round of jobs creation since July 2001.

Full report by Markit here.

Another positive reading, this time from one of the major countries in Europe. Again, as I mentioned previously, this only bodes well for sentiment in the Eurozone. It's not just one reading that matters. It's an accumulation of them.

We have Germany's data out next.