Pick of the early market news

The FTSE 100 ended Friday at 5,911 points, -20.12 points down. Overnight today (Monday) Asian stocks have sunk with Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index giving up 1.3% and the Japanese Nikkei down -1%.

The muted market reaction was echoed by the Dow Jones on Friday, slipping -0.02% to 12,977 points after busting the 13k threshold earlier in the week.