Stock Market News (European Open) – Sell-off among world equities unfolds on geopolitical tensions for worst week in months
Posted on August 11, 2017 at 8:55 am GMTA sell-off among world stocks continued for the third day due to geopolitical uncertainty, with equities in Europe possibly heading for the worst week in nine months. In Asia, the HANG SENG index tumbled 2.03%, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.18% and the Shanghai Composite slid 1.85%. Markets in Japan were closed for a national holiday. The pan-European STOXX 600 fell 0.73%, taking its weekly losses to 2.4%, its worst performance since November 2016. The blue chip STOXX 50 index mirrored [..]