DAX 30 up around 0.4%; CAC 40 up around 0.4% and FTSE 100 up around 0.5%

EUR/USD sits at 1.2895, effectively unchanged from Fridays’ North American close with Asian trade confined to conservative 1.2872-1.2903 range. With the Labor Day holiday in the States today not sure how much price action we can expect, barring surprising news.

Certainly not much on the Euro zone data front to whet the appetite:

08:30 GMT: Euro zone sentix investor confidence for September expected 9.0 from 8.2