European stock-index futures fall before U.S. debt limit deadline

European shares fell on Wednesday suggesting that the benchmark Europe Stoxx 600 Index may drop from the strongest level in nearly four weeks as U.S. policymakers continued to negotiate the federal debt limit avoiding country's default. Euro Stoxx 50 Index futures expiring in December slipped 0.3% to 2,985 as of 7:45 a.m. London time, while U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index fell 0.2%.