France, so far, has seen the strongest expansion of business activity as far as Eurozone Services PMI Purchasing Managers' Index is concerned. While Italy, Ireland and Spain saw limited growth in the month of May, France and Germany were leading in recovery. Markit Eurozone Services Business Activity Index was expected to be at 55.4.

The cause behind the recent deaths and widespread illness due to the epidemic of E. coli in the northern parts Germany has been found to be the cucumbers brought in from Spain which has been detected by the health officials in Germany as one of the causes of the dangerous disease.