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Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today and all with low to medium volatility risks associated.
Data released so far:
- Australia: Company gross operating profits grew 1.2 percent in August from a year back. ANZ job advertisement grew by 1.8 percent.
- Japan: Labor cash earnings grew 1.4 percent in July from a year back. Markit services PMI came at 49.6 in August.
- New Zealand: ANZ commodity prices grew 3.2 percent in August.
- China: Caixin China services PMI improved to 52.1 in August from 51.7 in the previous month.
Upcoming:
- Spain: Markit services PMI for August report will be published at 7:15 GMT.
- Italy: Markit services PMI for August report will be published at 7:45 GMT.
- France: Markit services PMI for August report will be published at 7:50 GMT.
- Germany: Markit services PMI for August report will be published at 7:55 GMT.
- Eurozone: Markit services PMI for August report will be published at 8:00 GMT. Sentix investor confidence will be announced at 8:30 GMT, followed by retail sales report for July at 9:00 GMT.
- United Kingdom: Markit services PMI for August report will be published at 8:30 GMT. BRC retail sales report will be published at 23:00 GMT
