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FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - The German DAX 30 (-0.23%), the Spanish IBEX 35 (-0.07%) and the British FTSE 100 (-0.09%) edge lower on Tuesday, while the Italian FTSE MIB gains +0.52%, the Swiss SMI 20 rises by +0.69%, and the French CAC 40 trades flat, in an overall mixed European equity trading.

The EMU Trade surplus widened from €10.2B to €13.7B in November, beating a pessimistic consensus that pointed to a drop to €10.0B. The seasonally adjusted figure rose from €7.4B to €11.0B. Meanwhile, the Spanish debt auction results are out: yields of 1.687% (previously at 2.778%) for 18-month bills and 1.472% (previously at 2.556%) for 12-month bills.

Germany real GDP growth data was relatively disappointing: the figure fell from 3.0% to 0.7%, not even coming in at the expected 0.8%. The Italian CPI inflation report eased from 2.5% to 2.3% in December, below the 2.4% consensus, with a monthly figure rising 0.2%, less than the expected 0.3%.

Futures for the American S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 and Dow Jones are signaling a lower opening between -0.08% and -0.16% ahead of the NY opening ahead of holiday-period December retail sales, December PPI and January NY Empire State manufacturing data in the US. WTI crude oil trades at $94.05 (-0.07%) and Gold moves at $1680 (+0.79%).

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