World stocks routed on economy fears
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World stocks nosedived and demand for safe-haven bonds and currencies soared on Monday as fears gripped investors that a deteriorating U.S. economy would drag others down with it.
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Volatile global stock markets suffered more losses Friday, with Wall Street hit by heavy selling as edgy investors retrenched ahead of the weekend with other bourses still skittish from this week's turmoil.
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The euro slumped on Monday as fears over the prospect of a US slowdown spilling over into the global economy sparked a rout on the world's stock markets.
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NEW YORK  Wall Street stocks plunged at the open, extending a global rout as panic reached new heights despite the Federal Reserve's biggest emergency interest rate cut in more than two decades.
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European and Asian stock markets rallied Wednesday in the wake of Wall Street's surge spurred by the U.S. Federal Reserve's larger-than-expected interest rate cut.
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World stocks took a beating on Monday and demand for safe-haven bonds and currencies rose as fears gripped investors that a troubled U.S. economy would drag others down with it.
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World stocks bumped along near record  highs on Wednesday while investors' search for yield kept  emerging market and corporate bonds closer to government debt  than ever before.
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Stocks looked set to sink at the open on Monday as a reduced appetite for riskier assets hit overseas equities overnight, partly reflecting worries about the global economy.
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World stocks fell sharply on Monday, battered by fears of U.S. recession and investor disappointment about a fiscal rescue plan promoted by the U.S. administration.
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NEW YORK  Wall Street stocks plunged at the open,  extending a global rout as panic reached new heights despite  the Federal Reserve's biggest emergency interest rate cut in  more than two decades.
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Stocks in Asia extended gains to more than 4 percent on Friday as a U.S. tax stimulus package, reassuring jobs data and the prospect of another Federal Reserve rate cut eased fears the world's top economy will slide into recession.
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U.S. stocks slipped on Thursday in the latest leg of a global equities sell-off as investors' diminishing appetite for risk drove them to safer assets like bonds.
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Financial markets around  the world were in freefall Monday, signaling a looming global  recession, led by an economic decline in the U.S., and the  return of a bear market in major territories.
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Stock markets around the world fell today over lingering fears over a tight credit market, with sharp declines in Asia and Europe and more modest losses on Wall Street.
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Stocks jumped in volatile trading on Wednesday, with all three major stock indexes briefly topping 1 percent, as investors took advantage of cheap equity prices a day after the market suffered its worst slide since 2001.
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Wall Street rebounded Tuesday on a recovery in world markets. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 150 points.
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Stocks slumped Tuesday on worries about economic growth, sending the Dow to its biggest point drop since the day the market reopened after the September 11 attacks. A slump in world markets exacerbated concerns that Wall Street is due for a selloff after a nearly eight-month rally that has seen record highs.