European markets set to open higher as earnings come into focus

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LONDON — European stocks are expected to unfastened higher Tuesday, arsenic a engaged net week gathers pace.

The U.K.'s FTSE scale is seen opening 0.18% higher, Germany's DAX up 0.15%, France's CAC 40 up 0.3%, and Italy's FTSE MIB 0.4% higher, according to information from IG.

Earnings play is getting underway again with determination investors keeping an oculus connected the latest fiscal reports from ASML, Volvo, LVMH and Deutsche Bank, among others, this week. On Tuesday, Atlas Copco, Sandvik and Logitech International are owed to report.

There's been much planetary commercialized uncertainty overnight after U.S. President Donald Trump took purpose astatine South Korea Monday, saying helium would summation tariffs connected Asia's fourth-largest economy.

Trump said connected Truth Social that the country's legislature has not approved Seoul's commercialized woody with Washington, and that tariffs on South Korean autos, pharmaceuticals and lumber would emergence from 15% to 25%. Shares of South Korean autos fell sharply but pared losses overnight.

S&P 500 futures were adjacent the flatline overnight aft the large averages started the engaged net week connected a affirmative note. Investors are besides waiting for the Federal Reserve's complaint determination aboriginal this week.

The cardinal slope is wide expected to support its cardinal complaint astatine a people scope of 3.5% to 3.75%, but traders volition hunt for clues connected erstwhile aboriginal cuts whitethorn come.

European information releases see EU caller car registrations, Spanish unemployment information and French user assurance figures.

— CNBC's Pia Singh contributed to this marketplace report.

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