Economic calendar: BoC Minutes in the Spotlight

• Futures point to a mixed opening for today's cash session in Europe.

• Investors are awaiting the final CPI inflation reading in Spain, the GDP report from Poland, the minutes report from Canada, crude oil inventory data, and numerous speeches by Fed bankers.

We are starting a new day on the financial markets. The Asian session turned out to be positive after the main European indices hit new historic highs yesterday. However, futures contracts on European indices indicate a cautious stance among investors. DE40 contracts are up 0.05% and EU50 contracts are up 0.06%. Investors will react today to the publication of quarterly results and several macro reports:

Key macro publications of the day:

08:00 AM BST, Spain - Inflation Data for July:

• Spanish HICP: forecast -0.4% MoM; previous 0.7% MoM;

• Spanish CPI: forecast -0.1% MoM; previous 0.7% MoM;

• Spanish HICP: forecast 2.7% YoY; previous 2.3% YoY;

• Core CPI: forecast 2.3% YoY; previous 2.2% YoY;

• Spanish CPI: forecast 2.7% YoY; previous 2.3% YoY;

09:00 AM BST, United States - IEA Monthly Report

03:30 PM BST, United States - EIA Data:

• Distillate Fuel Production: previous -0.104M;

• EIA Weekly Distillates Stocks: previous -0.565M;

• Cushing Crude Oil Inventories: previous 0.453M;

• Gasoline Production: previous -0.239M;

• Heating Oil Stockpiles: previous -0.456M;

• Crude Oil Imports: previous -0.794M;

• Gasoline Inventories: previous -1.323M;

• Crude Oil Inventories: forecast -0.900M; previous -3.029M;

• EIA Weekly Refinery Utilization Rates: previous 1.5% WoW;

• EIA Refinery Crude Runs: previous 0.213M WoW;

06:30 PM BST, United States - FOMC Member Bostic Speaks

06:30 PM BST, Canada - Publication of BoC Minutes