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Added on the 20/08/2015 15:06:21 - Copyright : Reuters EN
European shares have plunged to 16-month lows, extending an aggressive sell-off, was investors shed risky assets on persistent concern over the pace of growth. Grace Pascoe reports.
Major Wall Street indices finish down more than seven percent following an ugly session sparked by an oil prices crash and fears over the economic fallout from the coronavirus. IMAGES
European stocks and bonds fall in a volatile market, hit by growing concerns that global central banks' commitment to the post-crisis orthodoxy of super-low interest rates and asset purchase programmes may be waning. As Ivor Bennett reports, European stock indexes were heading for their biggest losses since June.
Stocks recovered from their worst levels of the day, but still had heavy losses on weakness in financial stocks. Bobbi Rebell reports.
World stocks fall for the fifth straight day as China fuels fears about its economy by allowing the yuan to weaken further. As Grace Pascoe reports a nuclear test by North Korea added to a growing list of geopolitical worries.