European stocks picking up some of the vibes from Asian trading

  • Eurostoxx opens flat
  • Germany's DAX +0.1%
  • UK's FTSE +0.4%
  • France's CAC 40 +0.1%
  • Italy's FTSE MIB opens flat
  • Spain's IBEX +0.1%

Elsewhere, in Asian markets, we see the Hang Seng index close 0.4% on the day at 31,011.41. Earlier, we had the Shanghai Composite and CSI 300 indices both close the day 0.1% and 0.7% higher on the day.