European markets are in a slump Monday morning, despite better-than expected figures for eurozone investor confidence, which reached a 4-month high in December. Here's the scorecard:
*France's CAC 40*: -0.43%
*Germany's DAX*: -0.59%
*UK's FTSE 100*: -0.69%
*Spain's IBEX*: -0.33%
*Italy's FTSE MIB*: -0.38%
Asian markets rallied before close. *Japan's Nikkei *rose 0.08% from Friday's close, *Hong Kong's Hang Seng *finished 0.18% higher and the *Shanghai Composite *surged once again, up by another 2.81%
US futures are currently mixed: the *S&P* is down 6.50 points, while the* Dow *is up 7 points. Later in the US, we'll get figures from the labour market conditions index at 3 p.m. GMT.
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