Business confidence survey data from Germany is due on Monday, headlining a light day for the European economic news.
At 2.00 am ET, Statistics Finland publishes producer prices figures for March. Prices had increased 5.3 percent annually in February.
At 3.00 am ET, the Czech Statistical Office is slated to publish consumer and business confidence survey results.
At 4.00 am ET, Germany's Ifo business confidence survey results are due. The business sentiment index is forecast to rise marginally to 112.4 in April from 112.3 in March.
At 6.00 am ET, the Confederation of British Industry is scheduled to issue quarterly Industrial Trends survey data.
At 7.30 am ET, Turkey's capacity utilization data for April is due.
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