European equities kick start the day on more positive footing

Stocks in Europe will be hoping for a momentum shift after being down the last few weeks

Eurostoxx +0.5%
Germany DAX +0.6%
France CAC 40 +0.6%
UK FTSE +0.3%
Spain IBEX +0.5%

This follows from the marginal gains by Wall Street at the end of last week, and also a slightly more optimistic start this week - at least for tech stocks. S&P 500 futures are up 0.2% while Nasdaq futures are up 0.4% currently. Dow futures are only up 0.1% so at least it's not all bad for value stocks, which is the heavier composition among European indices.