U.S. stock futures slide, Asian markets lower in early trading

Dow futures fell more than 200 points Sunday, following steep losses on Wall Street last week. Dow Jones industrial average futures were last down 194 points, or 0.7%, after being down as much as 250 points earlier in Sunday trading. S&P 500 futures were last down 12.70 points, or 0.4%, and Nasdaq futures fell 23.75 points, or 0.4%, recovering somewhat from deeper losses earlier. Asian markets also fell in Monday trading, with Japan’s Nikkei down 2.2% and Australia’s ASX down 1.3% . Last week, each of the major U.S. indexes ended the week down more than 3%.

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