Daily Market Comment – Stocks mixed as tariffs go up; pound slips as UK MPs return to Brexit chaos
Posted on September 2, 2019 at 8:35 am GMTStocks under pressure, safe-havens in demand as new US-China tariffs come into force Weak manufacturing PMIs also weigh on risk sentiment, but China stimulus hopes provide support Pound tumbles as traders brace for a turbulent week in Westminster as Brexit tensions boil Tariffs, growth worries dampen sentiment A new round of tariffs came into effect in the United States and China on Monday as the two countries imposed additional levies on each other’s goods in the never-ending trade war. While [..]