www.StockMarketFunding.com SMF Market Maker Trader Pre Market Bull & Bear Trades Market Long & Short. S&P futures vs fair value -1.20. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: -3.30. Futures for the S&P 500 are back under pressure, but Germany's DAX has recovered from a 0.5% loss to trade with a fractional gain. Commerzbank and Volkswagen have been a key sources of leadership. Man SE remains a source of weakness, though. France's CAC has cut its loss so that it is now down a relatively tame 0.2%. BNP Paribas and Carrefour continue to act as drags, but GDF Suez and ArcelorMittal (MT) have provided support. Britain's FTSE has had a harder time trimming its loss. It is still down 0.4% as declining issues outnumber advancers by about 3-to-1. Barclays (BCS) has been one of the biggest burdens following word that a Gulf investment fund hedged its position in the company. Weakness in BCS has spread to HSBC (HBC). However, metals plays BHP Billiton (BHP), Xstrata, and Rio Tinto (RTP) have managed to remain strong in the face of broader weakness. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei rolled over in the second half of its session to settle at its low. Its downturn was led by Fast Retailing, Fanuc LTD, and Kyocera (KYO). Secom, Panasonic (PC), and Daiichi Sankyo showed resilience. The Japanese yen set a new 15-year best below 82 yen per dollar earlier this morning. The yen is currently up 0.4% to 82.1 yen per dollar. Hong Kong's Hang Seng advanced a mere 0.3% as strength in Cheung Kong, Sun Hung Kai <b>...</b>