• European shares post further gains today, supported by upbeat corporate earnings results. Most indices trade up to 0.50% higher. In the US, equities opened mixed in the absence of important data or other news items.

  • Pro‐Russian separatists shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets today close to where the Malaysia Airlines flight crashed last week, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry said. The alleged shoot‐down would mark the first time a plane has been brought down over Ukraine since the crash.

  • According to the advance estimate, European Commission’s consumer confidence weakened for a second straight month in July. Consumer confidence dropped from ‐7.5 to ‐8.4, while a stabilization was expected.

  • The Bank of Spain said today that GDP had probably grown by 0.5% Q/Q in the second quarter, led by consumption and business investments. The central bank upgraded its growth forecast for this year to 1.3%, from 1.2% previously, before growth will pick up to 2% in 2015.

  • The ECB announced today that the EU Council formally approved the accession of Lithuania to the euro area on January 2015 and determined the euro conversion rate of the litas at 3.45280 to 1.

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