Economic calendar: US durable goods orders, German IFO indices

• European indices set for slightly lower opening
• German IFO data for August
• US durable goods orders report for July

European index futures point to a slightly lower opening of today's cash session for major blue chips indices from the Old Continent. This comes after a mixed Asia-Pacific session earlier today, that saw indices from the region struggle to find common direction.

Economic calendar for the first day of a new week is light. Traders will be offered German IFO indices for August at 9:00 am BST, as well as US durable goods orders report for July in the early afternoon (1:30 pm BST). Things get more interesting later into the week with release of flash CPI data from Europe for August as well as fiscal-Q2 earnings report from Nvidia.

8:30 am BST - Riksbank minutes

9:00 am BST - Germany, IFO index for August. Expected: 86. Previous: 87

9:00 am BST - Poland, unemployment rate for July. Expected: 5.0%. Previous: 4.9%

1:30 pm BST - US, durable goods orders for July.

• Headline. Expected: +5.0% MoM. Previous: -6.7% MoM
• Ex-transport. Expected: -0.1% MoM. Previous: +0.4% MoM

3:30 pm BST - US, Dallas Fed index for August