- Asian shares fall after Chinese economic data fails to excite investors, with industrial output slowing but retail sales accelerating. Comments from the Fed's James Bullard saying that the bank could start tapering this month may have dampened the mood as well.
- The Nikkei takes a breather and drops 0.3% following a jump of 2.3% yesterday.
- European share are higher in the wake of mixed economic figures, with industrial production in France surprisingly falling but rising and beating consensus in the U.K. and Italy.
- Hong Kong -0.3%, China -0.03%, India -0.3%.
- EU Stoxx 50 +0.2%, London +0.1%, Paris +0.2%, Frankfurt +0.3%, Milan +0.2%, Madrid +0.6%.
- U.S. stock futures: Dow +0.1%. S&P +0.1%. Nasdaq +0.1%
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