Europe primed for a firmer open amid pullback in Crude benchmarks; JOLTS due - Newsquawk EU Market Open

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57% : * EUR/USD traded sideways following a partial rebound from support near the 1.1600 level, and as EU CPI looms.
56% : * Bund futures added to their gains after clawing back recent losses and returning to above the 126.00 level, while participants await EU CPI data and a looming EUR
56% : Nonetheless, prices eased back from Monday's best levels as later reports were more encouraging, in which Trump announced that talks with Iran were continuing at a rapid pace and that Hezbollah agreed to a reciprocal halt of attacks on Israel, while it was also reported that Israel postponed a planned major strike in Beirut after US intervention and with Trump said to have lashed out in a call with Israeli PM Netanyahu regarding the escalation in Lebanon.
48% : * UN Secretary-General Guterres proposed to the UN Security Council the establishment of a new force to replace the UNIFIL, peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, according to i24's Amichai Stein.
43% : * Israel planned a major strike in Beirut's Dahieh district, although the operation was postponed at the last moment following US intervention, according to Kann News.
35% : " * Iran's Foreign Ministry said the US bears direct responsibility for violations of the ceasefire with Iran and for ceasefire violations committed by Israel in Lebanon, adding that a violation on one front was equal to violations on all fronts.
34% : * Iran's Foreign Ministry said the US bears direct responsibility for violations of the ceasefire with Iran and by Israel in Lebanon, adding that a violation on one front was equal to violations on all fronts.
33% : * Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf said talks will halt if Israeli actions persist in Lebanon, and warned that Iran will confront Israel if atrocities in Lebanon continue.
31% : * Hezbollah will not stop targeting northern Israel following Israeli threats on Monday to bomb Beirut's southern suburbs if attacks continued, AFP reported, citing a source close to Hezbollah.
24% : * US President Trump reportedly lashed out at Israeli PM Netanyahu over Israel's escalation in Lebanon in an expletive-laden call on Monday, according to Axios, citing two US officials and a source briefed on the call.
24% : * A US source told Al Hadath that the Lebanese position had succeeded in convincing Israel not to expand the military escalation, while Washington was working to prevent the collapse of the negotiation track it is leading between Lebanon and Israel.
19% : * Iran's Central Military Command warned residents in northern Israel to evacuate to avoid harm if Israel carried out attacks on Beirut.
12% : Trump added that they agreed to stop shooting at Israel, and its soldiers, while Israel agreed to stop shooting at them.

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