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Mixed-to-Flat Pre-NY

EQUITIES

Stocks in Europe are broadly flat ahead of the Wall Street opening bell, with markets awaiting any further macro cues from the deluge of Fedspeak later today. Italy's FTSE-MIB is outperforming, but only marginally, while Germany's DAX is a very slight underperformer.

Financials and consumer discretionary sectors are the laggards, while communication services and real estate are mildly firmer.

In futures space, the e-mini S&P is stable and very slightly higher, indicating a flat open later today. Focus remains the beginning of quarterly US earnings season, with financial giants JP Morgan, BlackRock, Wells Fargo and Citigroup among those due to report.

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