Major European stock markets ended somewhat weak on Monday, as investors digested quarterly earnings updates from big name European and U.S. companies, and looked ahead to the Federal Reserve's monetary policy.
Investors will have to navigate a week full of potential risks events over the next seven days, not the least the U.S. central bank's policy meeting on Wednesday and the April U.S. non-farm payrolls report two days later.
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