Retail sales data from the U.K. is the main news due from Europe on Thursday, headlining a light day for European economic news.

At 3.30 am ET, Dutch statistical office is scheduled to release the unemployment figures for September. The jobless rate is tipped to rise to 8.7 percent from 8.6 percent recorded a month earlier. Statistics Sweden is also due to publish the job market data at 3.30 am ET.

The European Central Bank is slated to release the Eurozone's current account balance for August at 4 am ET.

The Office for National Statistics is due to announce retail sales statistics at 4.30 am ET. Sales, including auto fuel, is forecast to increase 0.4 percent month-on-month in September.

At 5 am ET, Eurozone construction output data from Eurostat is due. Producer price figures from Portugal is expected at 6 am ET.

Poland's central bank is scheduled to release the minutes of its October monetary policy meeting at 8 am ET.

2013-10-17 11:42