Shares in Europe were trading flat, as the previous day's rally appeared to have paused for now, and with investors awaiting a monetary-policy decision from the European Central Bank.
At the time of writing, Britain's FTSE, France's CAC and Germany's DAX were trading 0.1% higher each.
Markets now eye a speech by U.S. President Barack Obama on jobs later today.
Bank shares were broadly higher with BNP Paribas rising 4.2% after it came out and issued a document allaying concerns over its liquidity situation. Credit Agricole, Deutsche Bank and Societe Generale were up between 0.6% and 2.1%.
Automakers BMW and Daimler declined 1.4% and 1.2%, respectively.
Shares of Home Retail Group Plc jumped 8.6% after the firm posted robust quarterly earnings. Victrex dropped 4% after declaring its results.