European stocks are seen opening mostly lower on Tuesday as investors seek direction from upcoming earnings, U.S. data releases and the FOMC meeting. Investors eagerly await the Federal Reserve's policy meeting on Wednesday for directional cues.
European stocks eked out modest gains on Monday as investors awaited key regional data and Federal Reserve's policy decision. German inflation data due out later in the day may influence trading sentiment, heading into the release of the euro zone inflation data on Tuesday.
European stocks are likely to open on a positive note Friday after tech giants Alphabet and Microsoft reported earnings beat for the first quarter, helping ease concerns about the cost of artificial intelligence.
European stocks were seeing modest gains in cautious trade on Friday after U.S. tech giants Microsoft and Alphabet posted strong quarterly earnings and an ECB survey showed Euro zone consumers lowered their expectation for inflation over the next 12 months in March.
European stocks are likely to open on a positive note Wednesday after electric-vehicle giant Tesla struck an upbeat tone despite reporting a big drop in quarterly profits.