European markets set to open flat to lower in struggle to find momentum

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LONDON — European stocks are seen opening successful level to little territory connected Tuesday arsenic determination markets proceed to conflict to find momentum successful December.

The U.K.'s FTSE scale is expected to unfastened 0.12% lower, Germany's DAX flat, France's CAC 40 down 0.16% and Italy's FTSE MIB conscionable beneath the flatline, according to information from IG.

Regional stocks traded little connected Monday, marking a gloomy commencement to the past trading period of the twelvemonth successful which investors are present expecting the U.S. Federal Reserve to chopped involvement rates erstwhile it meets connected Dec. 9-10. Traders are pricing successful an 87.2% accidental of a quarter-point complaint cut, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.

The Bank of England is besides intimately monitoring the Fed for immoderate imaginable spillover effects, Megan Greene, who sits connected the Monetary Policy Committee astatine the Bank of England, told CNBC Monday.

"About fractional the moves successful our curve really are generated wholly extracurricular the U.K.," Greene told CNBC's Ritika Gupta connected Monday.

Persistent ostentation  whitethorn  hold  complaint   cuts, says Bank of England rate-setter

The BOE has not committed to cutting rates successful December but economists broadly expect the cardinal slope to bash truthful giving signs of cooling inflation, apt to beryllium encouraged further by disinflationary measures successful past week's Autumn Budget, arsenic good arsenic lackluster maturation and a weakening labour market.

U.S. banal futures were comparatively level Monday nighttime aft a anemic commencement to December trading portion Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly higher.

On Tuesday successful Europe, determination are nary large earnings. Data releases see Spanish and Italian unemployment figures and EU ostentation data.

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