Mike Bird October 24, 2014 European markets are down early Friday, following a drop in US stock futures after an Ebola scare. Here's the scorecard, so far: France's CAC 40 is down 0.55% Spain's IBEX is down 0.01% Italy's FTSE MIB is up 0.26% after opening down Britain's FTSE 100 is down 0.35% Germany's DAX is down 0.37% Asian markets closed mixed. The Nikkei closed up 1.01%. The Hang Seng closed down 0.13%. US futures are down, with S&P futures down 6 points and Dow futures down 33 points. (snip)