”British retail sales slumped in December after consumers did much of their Christmas shopping earlier than usual in November and many people stayed at home due to the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant. Economists said the scale of the hit bolstered their expectations that the world’s fifth-biggest economy...
European stock markets are expected to open slightly lower Tuesday, ahead of the release of key U.S. inflation data and with the corporate earnings season in full flow. At 2:05 AM ET (0705 GMT), the DAX futures contract in Germany traded 0.1% lower, CAC 40 futures in France dropped...