After a three day weekend in Germany and the UK, European markets started the week on a bad foot. Here's the scorecard: Germany's DAX: -0.75% The UK's FTSE 100: -0.61% France's CAC 40: -0.60% Italy's FTSE MIB: -0.08% Spain's Ibex: -1.02% Asian markets closed higher. The Shanghai Composite Index ended up 2.02%, followed by the Hang Seng, which rose by 0.96%. In Japan, the Nikkei rose 0.12%. US futures are down too. Ahead of the open, the S&P 500 is down 8 points, while the Dow is 67 points lower. It's an extremely quit day for European data, with nothing of note coming. There's a bundle of data points coming from the US later, including house prices at 2 p.m. London time (9 a.m. ET) and Markit's PMI at 2.45 p.m. (9:45 a.m. ET). We'll be looking out for any developments on Greece's bailout negotiations, which will be going on throughout the week.Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: Here's how Floyd Mayweather spends his millions
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