Top economic news on Thursday will be the Eurozone and UK Purchasing Managers Survey.
At 2:45 a.m. Eastern time, the French statistical agency INSEE releases business confidence survey data. The business confidence index for October is expected to be 98, down from 99 the previous month.
At 3:15 a.m. ET, S&P Global will release preliminary survey data for French purchasing managers. Factory PMI in October is expected to be 44.9, up from 44.6 in September. At the same time, services PMI is expected to improve to 49.8 from 49.6 last month.
Germany's preliminary PMI figures are scheduled to be released at 3:30 a.m. ET. Economists expect the factory PMI to be 40.7 in October, up slightly from 40.6 the previous month, while the services PMI is expected to be flat at 50.6.
S&P Global is scheduled to release its preliminary Eurozone PMI survey results at 4 a.m. ET. The manufacturing economy index for October is expected to be 45.1, slightly up from 45.0 in the previous month. The service index was 51.5, up from 51.4 the previous month.
The UK S&P Global PMI survey preliminary data will be released in 30 minutes. Factory PMI is expected to remain unchanged at 51.5 in October, while services PMI is expected to decline from 52.4 to 52.3.
At 6am Eastern Time, the Confederation of British Industry will release its Industry Trends Survey data. The UK's order backlog is expected to improve to -28 in October from -35 in September.
