Global markets down

(London) Global markets slid Friday morning, the day after further losses on Wall Street.

Posted at 8:09

At the start of the session in Europe, London fell by 0.9%, Paris by 1.2% and Frankfurt by 1.4%.

In New York, before markets opened, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the broader S&Px500 Index were flat.

In Asia, Tokyo and Shanghai lost 0.9%. Hong Kong added 0.1%. The Seoul stock market plunged by 1.1% and that of Sydney by 2.3%.

On the New York Commodities Exchange, oil prices fell US$1.66 to US$83.89 a barrel.


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