Europe stocks seen mixed; US markets to reopen: CNBC Morning Brief Europe | Middle East | Africa February 18, 2014.

Europe stocks seen mixed; US markets to reopen European stocks look set to open mixed on Monday with a lack of direction from the U.S. and Asian markets leaving investors little encouragement to continue Monday's buying.  Read More Can Japan’s rally continue without a third arrow?  Skepticism abounds over whether Japan's long-promised economic reforms will ever materialize, but some analysts still expect the country's stock market rally can continue.  Read More Yuan takes another step forward as a world currency Australia's stock exchange operator ASX and Bank of China said on Tuesday that they will provide a yuan settlement service to Australian and Chinese financial markets by mid-year, marking the latest step in the yuan's development as a global currency.  Read More CNBC Guest Highlights CNBC guest highlights on Tuesday include Fred Neumann, MD & co-head of asian economics research at HSBC, who joins CNBC Europe's "Squawk Box" at 06:30 a.m. London time and Laurie Schacht, the founder of The Toy Insider who joins CNBC's "Worldwide Exchange" at 10:20 a.m. London time. To see a full list of the day's guests, visit our Member Center and sign up for CNBC's Guest Alert email.  Read More CNBC TOP NEWS AND ANALYSIS  Forex traders' personal bets come under scrutiny  UK fraud agency charges 3 ex-Barclays bankers over Libor  Iranian bank sues UK for $4 billion over sanctions  Bubble alert? UK house prices rise to 6-year record  Scotland's Salmond: blocking pound will hurt UK  Viewers 'binge' on 'House of Cards' after Netflix record high  'Absolute core' of UK economy hit by storms   Italy's Matteo Renzi to begin coalition talks  The start-up that's taking on the shaving giants  IMF upgrades world growth forecast to 3.7% in 2014