European equities hold lower at the open today

<ul><li>Eurostoxx -0.2%</li><li>Germany DAX -0.3%</li><li>France CAC 40 -0.2%</li><li>UK FTSE -0.2%</li><li>Spain IBEX -0.9%</li><li>Italy FTSE MIB -0.6%</li></ul><p>Bank stocks are leading the downside shove here, so that's weighing more in Spain and Italy to start the day. Elsewhere, US futures are also fairly tepid with S&amp;P 500 futures now flat on the day. That is keeping sentiment more on edge as we await the ECB policy decision later.</p>

This article was written by Justin Low at www.forexlive.com.