Global stock markets mostly fell Wednesday following the latest retreat on Wall Street and as investors awaited a run of U.S. economic data culminating at the end of the week with the latest nonfarm payrolls report.
KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, Germany’s DAX was down 0.9 percent at 12,935 while France’s CAC 40 was 0.5 percent lower at 5,351. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was 0.1 percent higher at 7,337. U.S. stocks were poised for further modest losses at the open with Dow futures and the broader S&P 500 futures down 0.2 percent.
