Global Stocks Plunge as U.S. Crisis Spreads
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SHANGHAI, JAN. 22 -- Stocks across Asia took precipitous falls Tuesday for the second day in a row, reflecting fears that a weak U.S. economy could derail growth worldwide.
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U.S. stocks were set to start the week sharply lower on Monday as a reduced appetite for riskier assets persisted, hitting overseas markets overnight.
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U.S. stock index futures sank in holiday-shortened trading on Monday as fear of a U.S. recession gripped investors, indicating Wall Street was likely to join a global equity markets plunge that may usher in a bear market when trading resumes on Tuesday.
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Indexes in Europe fell as much as 7 percent after a huge selloff in Asia as fears increased that the turmoil in the U.S. is spreading.
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U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday, battered by disappointing results from bellwether stocks such as Caterpillar Inc.  and Google Inc. , and worry that fallout from the risky subprime mortgage market may spread.
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Stocks fell on Friday, giving Wall Street its worst week in more than four years, as a diminishing appetite for riskier assets fueled a further rout in global equity markets.
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U.S. stocks fell sharply on Tuesday, pushing all three major indexes down 1 percent, as mounting losses in the subprime mortgage sector caused investors to sell riskier assets.
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Stock tumbled across the board Tuesday, with the Dow industrials sinking about 500 points at one point. Declining markets in China and Europe helped trigger the massive selloff on Wall Street. The New York Stock Exchange tried to limit declines by imposing trading curbs. The selloff is on the back of a nearly eight-month rally.
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Asian markets slide following the dip in global stocks on fears about China, with the Nikkei losing 2.9%.
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US stocks were set for a weaker start on Wednesday, after global equity markets swooned in the wake of a sharp fall in China.
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Stock markets around the world plummeted today in a wave of selling set off by a plunge in China.
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Global stocks tumbled on Wednesday on fears of financial contagion spreading from troubled U.S. subprime lenders, while safe-haven government bonds and the yen firmed as risk appetite faded.
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Stocks slid on Friday as investors  sold shares on concerns about increasing risk aversion in  global financial markets.
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Fears of a US slowdown prompt a share slump in Europe and Asia and jitters on Wall Street.
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U.S. stock index futures sank in  holiday-shortened trading on Monday as fear of a U.S. recession  gripped investors, indicating Wall Street was likely to join a  global equity markets plunge that may usher in a bear market  when trading resumes on Tuesday.
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Global stocks tumbled on Wednesday as fears about the impact of U.S. home owners falling behind with mortgage payments hit financial shares, prompting money to flow into safe-haven government bonds.
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U.S. stocks tumbled on Tuesday, pushing the benchmark S&P 500 index down in its biggest one-day drop in almost four years, as a sharp sell-off in China's stock market and weak U.S. data fanned concerns about global economic growth.