European stocks choppy and U.S. equity futures fall after chaotic presidential debate – By Barbara Kollmeyer (Marketwatch) / Sept 30 2020
European stocks traded choppy and U.S. equity futures fell on the last trading day of the month and quarter, with investors rattled by U.S. politics after a messy presidential debate, and rising coronavirus cases.
Bouncing around the Stoxx Europe 600 index (SXXP, -0.21%) was last down 0.4%. The index was poised for a gain of just 0.3% in the quarter, but around a 1.4% drop for September, the biggest monthly drop since March, according to Dow Jones Market data. The German DAX (DAX, -0.40%) and the French CAC 40 (PX1, -0.43%) fell 0.5%, and the FTSE 100 (UKX, -0.16%) slipped 0.1%.
Trimming a deeper earlier loss, Dow futures (YM00, -0.54%) fell 200 points, with S&P 500 (ES00, -0.43%) and Nasdaq-100 futures (NQ00, -0.53%) dropping 0.7% and 0.9% each, respectively. Futures had risen into the debate, but then fell as it ended. That follows Tuesday’s weaker finish on Wall Street.
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