Italian industrial report for February now out.

  • +1.7% prev revised down from +1.9%
  • yy WDA +1.2% vs +1.4% exp vs +3.8% prev revised down from +3.9%
  • yy NSA +5.2% vs +0.6% prev revised down from +0.7%

Better than expected but mm still in negative territory.

Euro being slapped with EURGBP down to 0.8026 driving GBPUSD up through 1.4150 to post 1.4187. European equities higher.