The final reading of the euro zone services PMI for March

ANALYSIS | 04/07/2015 14:14:40 GMT

European shares reopened after the long weekend and show broad‐based gains, increasing up to 2% with several indices reaching new cyclical highs. In the US, Equities opened slightly higher too.
The ECB announced today that it settled €60.953 billion under the covered bond, ABS and public‐sector purchase programme in March. Last week, they purchased €11.5 billion public sector bonds.
Greek lawmakers voted today in favour of setting up a committee to examine the circumstances under which Greece agreed to its bailouts, saying it will give answers to the questions concerning the Greek people.
The final reading of the euro zone services PMI for March showed a limited downward revision from 54.3 to 54.2, up from 53.7 in February. Despite the limited downward revision, activity in the sector rose at the fastest pace in eight months.

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