European markets and US futures down as week starts

The German DAX 30 (-0.60%), the French CAC 40 (-0.80%), the Italian FTSE MIB (-2.20%), and the Spanish IBEX 35 (-1.75%), like most of the European equity indexes as financial trading opens for the week. German Chancellor Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy are meeting as of writing.

Futures for the American S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 and Dow Jones 30 are signaling a lower opening by around -0.19% ahead of US factory orders. WTI crude oil is down to $96.82 (-01.00%) and Gold eases to $1663.20 (-0.34%).