Mirroring sentiment seen in Asian stocks

The Hang Seng is currently trading 1.7% lower heading into the final hour of trading but the weaker risk sentiment as a result of US-China trade talks breaking down is catching on a little bit here in Europe.

But the lower moves here are very much similar to what we're seeing in US equity futures as the day begins. E-minis are also lower by 0.3% and fallen a little bit in the last hour of trading - which helped to underpin the dollar and the yen earlier: