yesterday in the United States was a public holiday, financial markets in the country closed. Index Ksetra the Frankfurt Stock Exchange DAX (Xetra DAX) rose 42.58 points (0.72%) and at the level of 5918.55. Index of the London Stock Exchange Futsi 100 (FTSE 100) rose by 39.02 points (0.72%) to close at 5494.39.

activity at forex market in the U.S. session was extremely low due to weekend in the U.S.. The euro /dollar established near the 1.4380 mark. Rate pound /dollar is oscillating around level of 1.6330. Course dollar /yen has stabilized near the mark of 90.70.

investors” attention focused on the publication of fundamental data in the UK, Germany and the United States, as well as to address the Bank of England Governor King, which is scheduled tomorrow at 19:00 GMT.

Today is scheduled for release the following data:

at 09:30 GMT - harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) in the UK in December (forecast 0.2% per month, 2.4% for the year, the previous value of 0.3% per month, 1.9% for the year);

at 09:30 GMT - retail price index (Retail prices) in the UK in December (forecast 0.3% per month, 2.0% for the year, the previous value of 0.3% per month, 0.3% for the year);

at 09:30 GMT - inflation index “RPI-X” in the UK in December (forecast 3.5% per year, the previous value of 2.7% per year);

at 10:00 GMT - an index of business expectations of the German Center for Economic Research (ZEW economic expectations index) in Germany in January (forecast 49.5, the previous value of 50.4);

at 13:55 GMT - economic survey of retail sales, “Redbook” (Redbook) for the past week in the U.S.;

at 14:00 GMT - the volume of purchases by foreign investors of U.S. assets (data TICS) in billions of dollars in the U.S. for November (the previous value of -13.9);

at 14:00 GMT - results of the meeting of the Governing Board of the Bank of Canada;

at 23:50 GMT - an index of business activity in the services sector (Tertiary activity index) in Japan for November (forecast 0.0%, the previous value of 0.5 %).

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