A subdued start to proceedings

  • Eurostoxx +0.1%
  • Germany DAX opens flat
  • UK FTSE -0.1%
  • France CAC 40 +0.2%
  • Spain IBEX opens flat
  • Italy MIB trades flat in early deals

Not much to go on despite it being 'quadruple witching' day. Possibly one more for the S&P 500 later, but the sombre tone here is likely to carry on as investors are still unsure of how the trade rhetoric between US and China is going to weigh on markets just yet.