The pan-European STOXX 600 index was up 0.1%, as of 7:04 GMT.

U.S. consumer price index (CPI) data, due at 8:30 am ET (12:30 GMT), comes after a strong payrolls report last week dampened hopes of rate cuts from the Federal Reserve anytime soon.

Shares of Credit Agricole SA gained 3.8% after France's second-biggest listed bank beat first-quarter earnings estimates on a boost from trading revenue.

Siemens Healthineers fell 5.3% as the medical device maker said it was discontinuing its heart surgery robots business after its quarterly operating profit fell 30%.

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum dropped 15.3% to the bottom of the STOXX 600 after the drug maker said it had agreed to make a $1.7 billion cash offer to buy U.S.-based CTI BioPharma.

(Reporting by Amruta Khandekar; Editing by Sonia Cheema)