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European markets are mixed early in Tuesday trading.

Here's the scorecard:

Britain's FTSE 100 is up 0.04%.

France's CAC 40 is down 0.35%.

Germany's DAX is down 0.38%.

Spain's IBEX is up 0.59%.

Italy's FTSE MIB is up 0.44%.

In Germany, the the ZEW investor confidence survey index plunged to 44.3 in August from 61.8 a month ago.

Pantheon Economics' Claus Vistesen said: "In one line: Grim, as slump in investor sentiment deepens."

Asian markets closed in the green. Hong Kong's Hang Seng closed up 0.18% and Japan's Nikkei closed up .020%.

U.S. futures are in the green with Dow futures up 26 points and S&P futures up 3.8 points.

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