European stocks are climbing after Germany confirmed that it did not fall into recession in Q3. Here's the scorecard.*France's CAC 40*: +0.15%
*Germany's DAX*: +0.46%
*The UK's FTSE 100*: +0.11%
*Spain's IBEX*: +0.45%
*Italy's FTSE MIB*: +0.59%
Asian markets were mixed: *Japan's Nikkei *closed up 0.29%, while *Hong Kong's Hang Seng* ended Tuesday down 0.21%.
US futures are down: ahead of the open, the *S&P 500 *is down 1.75 points, and the *Dow *is down 13 points.
Later today the biggest single piece of economic data is the second estimate of US GDP. That's out at 1.30 p.m. GMT, and economists are expecting a 3.3% annualised jump. Consumer spending figures are out at the same time, followed by consumer confidence at 3 p.m. GMT.
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