European markets see modest gains as ECB decision looms - TradingView

In other parts of Europe, Sweden’s household confidence indicator fell to 94.3 in October. Retail sales in Sweden increased by 5.5% Y/Y in September. Its economy grew 0.4% M/M. The pan-European Stoxx 600 SXXP moved 0.18% higher to 645.37, as investor await ECB decision, and also watch for comments on France’s bond-market turmoil and energy-driven inflation, alongside Spanish retail sales, Italian unemployment, and Eurozone economic sentiment data. On the corporate front, earnings are due from Linde LIN , TotalEnergies TTE , Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria BBVA , Lloyds Banking Group LYG , Société Générale SCGLY and STMicroelectronics STM .