European markets are down slightly early Wednesday.Here's the scorecard:
*France's CAC 40* is down 0.03%
*Spain's IBEX* is basically flat, down 0.06%
*Italy's FTSE MIB* is down 0.36%
*Britain's FTSE 100* is down 0.82%
*Germany's DAX* is down 0.10%
In Asia, it was a good night for the Nikkei after several bad ones, closing up 0.92%. The Hang Seng also closed up 0.61%.
US futures are mixed and effectively flat: Dow futures are up 0.02%, and S&P futures are down 0.07%.
From the US, the two big scheduled events are the released of retail sales data for September, which will be out at 5 a.m. ET, and the Fed's beige book at 1.30 p.m. ET.
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