European markets are mixed early in Tuesday trading.
Here's the scorecard:
Britain's FTSE 100 is up 0.04%.
France's CAC 40 is down 0.35%.
Germany's DAX is down 0.38%.
Spain's IBEX is up 0.59%.
Italy's FTSE MIB is up 0.44%.
In Germany, the the ZEW investor confidence survey index plunged to 44.3 in August from 61.8 a month ago.
Pantheon Economics' Claus Vistesen said: "In one line: Grim, as slump in investor sentiment deepens."
Asian markets closed in the green. Hong Kong's Hang Seng closed up 0.18% and Japan's Nikkei closed up .020%.
U.S. futures are in the green with Dow futures up 26 points and S&P futures up 3.8 points.
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