European markets are in the red early Wednesday. Here’s the scorecard: Britain’s FTSE 100 is down 0.20%. France’s CAC 40 is down 0.51%. Germany’s DAX is down 0.11%. Spain’s IBEX is up 0.28%. Italy’s FTSE MIB is down 0.10%. The comes after the U.S. and Europe imposed the toughest sanctions against Russia since the cold war for its involvement in Ukraine. Asian markets rose to a 6.5-year high with Japan’s Nikkei closing up 0.2% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng up 0.4%. U.S. futures are up with Dow futures up 19 points and S&P 500 futures up 3 points. Later …read more
Source: Business Insider
