FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Yesterday's ISM non-manufacturing PMI in the US rose from 53.7 to 55.1, instead of declining as expected. Sentiment improved on that, also in Asian markets with Japan's Nikkei Stock Average higher by +0.88%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng gaining +0.02% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 up by +0.31%. On the other side is South Korea's Kospi shedding -0.17% and Mainland China's Shanghai Composite still closed for holidays. The market will be eyeing the ECB and BoE decisions and the FOMC minutes on Thursday.

Futures for the German DAX 30 and the French CAC 40 are signaling a higher opening by +0.31% and +0.40, respectively, ahead of the European session with little in the economic calendar besides Spanish (2, 3, 5-year) and French (10-year) bond auctions ahead of the ECB and BoE monetary policy decisions. WTI crude oil trades somewhat flat at 88.10 and Gold gains +0.17% at 1780.