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Investors' attention over the coming week will be squarely on the US May non-farm payrolls report due out on Friday.

Investors' attention on Thursday will be on a raft of factory sector purchasing managers' surveys due out in the euro area.

Investors will have to navigate a week full of potential risks events over the next seven days, not the least the U.S. central bank's policy meeting on Wednesday and the April U.S. non-farm payrolls report two days later.

As scheduled corporate results begin to die down ahead of the festive break, much of Thursday's focus will be on economic data from the US, as markets continue to watch indicators closely for any hints at what the future holds for monetary policy.

Investors' focus over the next to last trading week of 2023 will shift to Asia, with the Bank of Japan and People's Bank of China both scheduled to announce policy decisions.

All eyes on Thursday would be on the European Central Bank as policymakers in Frankfurt met to decide on rates.

The market spotlight over the coming week would be on the US central bank's policy decision on Thursday.