World growth worries give stocks lackluster June start

Global equity markets started the new month on the back foot on Wednesday, undermined by lackluster economic data and an oil price slide that took the edge off energy and mining shares. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 and the STOXX Europe 600 both fell more than 1 percent, led by the resources sector, while U.S. equity futures pointed to a weak opening for Wall Street.