Europe's stock markets began the week in green after the latest figures from Germany in the German trade balance showed the surplus narrowed to 15.9 billion euros while expectations were for declines of 18.7 to 17.6 billion euros.
Later in the day the EU will release its consumer confidence estimates for September, followed by speeches by German central bank president Joachim Nagel and European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde.
Eurostoxx futures up + 0.2% in early European trade
Also German DAX and UK FTSE futures up as much as + 0.2%
It's a quieter start with US futures also somewhat silent for now.
Where stocks suffered a slight setback late last week after initially rising Friday following the U.S. jobs report.
And we may have to wait until tomorrow to see strong moves when the bond market returns today is a holiday in the United States and Canada too because of Labor Day.
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