 Early today, September Dow Jones futures are down 17 points. European markets are lower with the spot futures of London's FTSE 100 trading down 21 hundredths of a percent. Spot futures of Germany's DAX trading down 45 hundredths of a percent. And the spot futures of Francis CAC 40 index down 7 tenths of a percent. Asian markets are higher with Japan's Nikkei 225 index up 7 hundredths of a percent.