.The major European marks are actually closing the time lesser. The downtrends were led by France's CAC which dropped -0.50%: German DAX, -0.39% France's CAC, -0.50% UK's FTSE 100 -0.17% Spain's Ibex, -0.38% Italy's FTSE MIB -0.12% As London/European investors go to the departure, United States equities are actually blended with the Dow and S&P lower. Dow -210 factors or -0.50% at 41998.48 S&P mark -2.58 factors or -0.04% at 5730.84 NASDAQ index is up 31.10 factors or even 0.17% at 18105.25 The small-cap Russell 2000 is down -11.27 factors or even -0.51% at 2212.64. US yields are higher in advance of the 5 year keep in mind public auction at 1 PM ET2-year turnout 3.546%, +2.7 basis points5 year yield 3.514%, +3.6 basis points10 year return 3.775%, +3.9 basis points30 year yield 4.123%, +3.5 basis factors.