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A look at the day ahead in European and global markets. View in Browser Sign up for Reuters newsletters Morning Bid Europe A look at the day ahead in European and global markets By Kevin Buckland, Correspondent   Data refreshes every time you open this email. For more European market news, click here . Please send any feedback to morningbid@thomsonreuters.com .   The 'Goldilocks' view that equity investors are taking of the global economy continued into August, as a benchmark of Asian stocks hovered around Monday's 16-month highs.   Signs of a peak for European consumer inflation to start the week echoed the narrative in the U.S., where optimism for a soft landing continues to grow. Today's Market News Euro zone inflation falls further in comforting sign for ECB Kremlin seeks more info about talks in Saudi, Ukraine says Moscow unwelcome HSB...

Asian stocks notch gains to close out a hot July View in Browser Sign up for Reuters newsletters Morning Bid Asia A look at the day ahead in Asian and global markets By Stephen Culp, financial markets journalist   Data refreshes every time you open this email. For more Asian market news, click here . Please send any feedback to morningbid@thomsonreuters.com .   And then it was August.   Asian stocks have closed the books on a July that ran fairly hot, and not just with respect to temperatures.   For the month, China's CSI 300 <.CSI300> and the Hang Seng <.HSI> advanced 4.5% and 6.1%, respectively, notching their largest monthly percentage gains since January.   MSCI's index of Asia Pacific shares outside of Japan <.MIAPJ0000PUS> also logged its best upside performance in six months, rising 5.3%. Today's Market News ...