Not many economic releases scheduled for today and risks associated are low.
Data released so far -
- Japan - Consumer confidence dropped to 40.3 in July from 41.7 in June.
Upcoming -
- Euro zone - Sentix investor confidence is scheduled for release at 8:30 GMT.
- Greece - Industrial production to be released at 9:00 GMT.
- Portugal - Global trade balance scheduled for release today.
- US - Two FED speakers scheduled for today. FED's Richard Fischer scheduled to speak at 11:15 GMT, followed by FED's Lockhart at 13:00 GMT. Labor market condition index to be released at 14:00 GMT.
- New Zealand - Electronic card retail sales to be released at 22:45 GMT.
- UK - BRC retail sales monitor to be released at 23:00 GMT.
- Auction - US will auction 3 month and 6 month bills at 15:30 GMT.


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