Retail Sales Declines Spark Selloffs Amid a Major Technology Outage

Overseas markets have been in full retreat overnight and into this morning with the Hang Seng dropping 2.0%, the Dax down 0.7% and the FTSE falling 0.5%. US index futures are mixed with NASDAQ futures up 0.15% and Dow futures down 0.25%. Retail sales from the UK (-0.2% vs street +0.2% and previous 1.7%) and […]