- "The euro zone will look upon 2014 as a year in which recession was avoided by the narrowest of margins," announced Markit's Chris Williamson.
- Markit's final December Composite PMI missed an earlier flash reading of 51.7, coming in at 51.4, but beat November's 16-month low of 51.1.
- "The weakness of the PMI in December will add to calls for more aggressive central bank stimulus, including full-scale quantitative easing, to be undertaken as soon as possible," added Williamson.
- The euro is -0.2% at $1.1908.
- DAX -0.2; CAC 40 -0.5; Euro Stoxx 50 -0.2.
- ETFs: FXE, EUO, ERO, DRR, EUFX, ULE, URR