Markit's purchasing managers index for the euro zone was unchanged at 46.5 in April.
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The most recent Purchasing Managers Index showed recruitment at its strongest for three years.
The preliminary reading of HSBC's Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 51.7, from 50.4 in February.
The preliminary reading of the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) was 51.9, compared with 51.5 in December.
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Also out is the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index, which given the flash report should show improvement.
Earlier this week, the Institute for Supply Management's July purchasing managers index showed a continued contraction.
The HSBC China preliminary purchasing managers index for December rose to 50.9 from 50.5 in November.
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On Thursday, we will see the ADP Employment report, GDP, jobless claims, and the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index.
In economic headlines, Markit Economics' composite purchasing managers index for the U.S. showed a reading of 52 for April.
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On the still worsening side were the further declines in construction spending, and in the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index.
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The purchasing managers index rose to 50.2 in October from 49.0 in September.
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The Greek purchasing managers index was 41.0 in October versus 42.2 in September.
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Earlier, a trader said, gold and other commodities found minute support from the HSBC preliminary Purchasing Managers Index for October.
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The preliminary reading on fourth-quarter GDP comes out Thursday, along with jobless claims and the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index.
The Bank of Scotland's purchasing managers index (PMI) said activity in Scotland's private sector economy expanded at a solid pace.
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This has been the case with China, which has been showing remarkable improvement in its export-oriented HSBC Purchasing Managers Index.
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On August 2, The HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index was released, showing a decline to 49.4 from 50.4 in June.
The purchasing managers index, a measure of economic expansion and contraction, reached 50.9 in March, slightly above the equilibrium mark of 50.
Regional investors took some encouragement from China's official manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index for February, which rose to 51.0 from 50.5 in January.
Markit's February composite purchasing managers index for the region was revised higher.
The Purchasing Managers Index, used to gauge manufacturing and economic health on point scale, shows that 2012 will not be a strong year.
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The euro area manufacturing purchasing managers index reversed most of its decline recorded since April, its cyclical high, rising to 56.5 from 55.6.
The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), which measures future plans by UK manufacturing firms, stood at 51.7 in August, compared to 52.0 in July.
There are a few U.S. economic reports on tap for next week, with housing data and manufacturing data, the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index.
The European markets were also lifted on an improving Euro zone purchasing managers index, although the PMI still showed an overall contraction in November.
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The poor economic data on Friday did not help stocks, as the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index dropped sharply to 49.7 from 53 in August.
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Another very important statistic is the Purchasing Managers Index or PMI.
Friday brings the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index and pending home sales.
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Also, the PMI report was somewhat offset by news that the German purchasing managers index rose to 54.7 in February from 54.1 in an earlier estimate.
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Last week, the Chinese government released the official Purchasing Managers Index showing that after a slow down in February, industry is firing on all four cylinders again.
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