Markets Are Down
Here's the scorecard:
France's CAC 40 is down 0.3%.
Germany's DAX is down 0.7%.
Spain's IBEX is down 0.3%.
Italy's FTSE MIB is down 0.04%.
Britain's FTSE 100 is up 0.07%.
Asian markets closed down, with Nikkei's 225 closing down 0.3% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closing down 0.08%.
U.S. futures are mostly down, with Dow futures down 4 points and NASDAQ futures down 5.3 points. S&P futures are up 0.20 points.
It's a huge day for economic news. In the U.S. later, we'll get jobless claims, labor costs, trade deficit data, Markit services PMI, and non-manufacturing data.
Economists expect weekly initial jobless to climb alongside labor costs, estimated to have risen .06% in Q2.
All eyes will be on the ECB conference today as leaders address Europe's failing economic health.