Thursday, 8 September 2011

Stock futures down 2 percent, following Europe selloff (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) ? Stock futures tumbled more than 2 percent on Monday in electronic trading, hit hard after European markets slumped on renewed fears the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis is worsening.

European stocks fell 4 percent on Monday, with financial shares falling to their lowest in more than 2 years. Wall Street was closed on Monday for a holiday.

Italy's FTSE MIB (.FTMIB) fell 4.8 percent, on renewed euro zone debt worries, and bond yields on Italian and Spanish government bonds hit their highest levels in nearly a month as pressure mounts on Italy -- the euro zone's third-largest economy -- to get rising deficits under control.

S&P 500 futures lost 26.10 points, or 2.2 percent, to 1143.30, suggesting a sharp drop at the open of U.S. trading Tuesday morning. Nasdaq 100 futures lost 39.5 points, or 1.8 percent, to 2124.50.

(Reporting by David Gaffen; Editing by Carol Bishopric)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/europe/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110906/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks

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