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EQUITIES

The rising threat of renewed and prolonged lockdowns in Europe have hit equities hard in early Wednesday trading.

  • Asian stocks closed mixed, with Japan's NIKKEI down 67.29 pts or -0.29% at 23418.51 and the TOPIX down 4.98 pts or -0.31% at 1612.55. China's SHANGHAI closed up 14.922 pts or +0.46% at 3269.238 and the HANG SENG ended 78.39 pts lower or -0.32% at 24708.8.
  • European equities are sharply lower, with the German Dax down 329.04 pts or -2.73% at 11683.39, FTSE 100 down 118.17 pts or -2.06% at 5623.35, CAC 40 down 145.37 pts or -3.07% at 4598.37 and Euro Stoxx 50 down 74.03 pts or -2.41% at 2980.85.
  • U.S. futures are lower too, with the Dow Jones mini down 415 pts or -1.52% at 26951, S&P 500 mini down 40.5 pts or -1.2% at 3342.5, NASDAQ mini down 108 pts or -0.93% at 11478.75.

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