 Early today, September Dow Jones futures are down 34 points. European markets are higher with the spot futures of London's FTSE 100 trading up 0.35%. Spot futures of Germany's DAX trading up 0.06%. And the spot futures of France's CAC 40 index up 0.5%. Asian markets are higher with Japan's Nikkei 225 index up 0.94%. And China's Shanghai Caposite Index is up 1.06%.