Shares slump on recession fears
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European and US shares fall sharply as poor economic and corporate news adds to fears of a US recession.
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Stocks fell sharply at the open on Friday after data showed monthly hiring contracted for the first time in four years, fanning recession fears and adding pressure for a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut.
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Leading shares have closed over 150 points lower after weak ISM data reignited fears about the state of the US economy, weighing heavily on Wall Street and particularly hitting the UK's retail sector and housebuilders.
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Stock index futures sank on Tuesday as fear of a recession gripped investors, suggesting Wall Street will join a global equities plunge that could usher in a bear market.
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Business & money: Share price plunges after disappointing profits raising fears over America's economic slowdown
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Stocks declined on Monday, led by financial shares, as a rush by savers to withdraw deposits at a large British mortgage lender fueled worries that the credit market turmoil would spread.
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Stocks fell on Friday on concerns that a White House effort to boost the economy would not be enough to forestall a recession.
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Stocks dropped on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq slumping more than 1 percent, as recession fears hurt manufacturing and consumer discretionary stocks and financial shares suffered further declines.
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Leading shares ended the session lower as a slump in commodity prices hit heavyweight oil and mining stocks, with sentiment further knocked by a sombre start on Wall Street.
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Fears about the possibility of a recession in the US economy send Asian shares falling.
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Stocks tumbled on Friday, with the Nasdaq down more than 3 percent, as data showing weak job growth in December heightened fears of a U.S. recession.
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Stocks slid sharply on Tuesday, joining a global equity rout on fears of a U.S. recession and pushing the Nasdaq into bear market territory.
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London shares closed sharply lower, albeit above the session low which was the biggest fall in over six years as US recession fears weighed on sentiment with UK investors unable to take any direction from Wall Street, closed for the Martin Luther King holiday.
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Stocks tumbled on Friday, with both the Dow and Nasdaq losing more than 2 percent, after a warning by American Express Co  of mounting credit-card defaults and a slowdown in consumer spending sounded the latest recession alarm.
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Share prices in Japan and South Korea fall again, a day after global stocks tumbled amid fears of a recession.
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Asian and European stock markets fell sharply once more on Monday as investors worried about possible recession and a forthcoming interest rate call in the United States, analysts said.
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Shares fell sharply in early trading as investors grew cautious a day after Wall Street rallied on hopes for an interest rate cut.