Markets Wait For News From European Central Bank And British Chancellor

European markets directionless as they wait for tomorrow’s meeting of the European Central Bank amid hopes of quantitative easing to kick-start Europe’s stalled economy and for what the U.K. chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne has to say in his Autumn Statement about the state of the economy and measures to stimulate growth, despite tight finances. Small and Medium business software provider Sage Group rises on strong results. Swedish and Norwegian telecom companies to merge their Danish operations. German sports-shoe maker Adidas is on the back foot in Russia.