European stocks are slumping Monday morning, after last night's announcement Greek presidential elections are being pushed ahead two months to Dec. 17.Here's the scorecard:
*France's CAC 40*: -0.90%
*Germany's DAX*: -0.82%
*UK's FTSE 100*: -1.03%
*Spain's IBEX*: -1.06%
*Italy's FTSE MIB*: -0.82%
Asian markets also closed way down. *Japan's Nikkei* finished 0.68% lower, *Hong Kong's Hang Seng* was down 2.34%, and *China's Shanghai Composite* plummeted, ending down 5.43%.
US futures are also trading low. The *Dow* is now off 51 points from Monday's close, and the *S&P* is down 5.75 points.
Later today, from the US, we have JOLTS data coming out at 3 p.m. GMT. The figure measures the number of job openings, and analysts think it will climb to 4.79 million for October, up from 4.735 million in September.
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