Financial Markets Around the World
Financial Markets Around the World
Maintenance workers finish sweeping the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after the close of trading, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. The stock market closed sharply lower, extending a weeklong slide, as the Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 600 points. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
In this Feb. 6, 2018 photo, people are reflected on an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo. Shares tumbled in Asia on Tuesday after a wild day for U.S. markets that resulted in the biggest drop in the Dow Jones industrial average in six and a half years. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
An investor monitors stock prices at a brokerage house in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. Shares tumbled in Asia on Tuesday after a wild day for U.S. markets that resulted in the biggest drop in the Dow Jones industrial average in six and a half years. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Traders Peter Tuchman, left, and Patrick Casey work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. U.S. stocks are lower Thursday morning as losses from the previous day continue. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A man watches trading boards at a private stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. Asian stocks plunged Friday after Dow Jones industrials on Wall Street plummeted more than 1,000 points, deepening a week-long sell-off. (AP Photo/Sadiq Asyraf)
People watch Indian stock market indices on a display screen on the facade of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 . (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
FILE- In this Jan. 10, 2018 file photo, a man walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 index and other country’s index at a securities firm in Tokyo. Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, with some benchmarks erasing early morning gains. Investors remained skittish after this week’s financial turmoil and overnight losses on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
A Chinese investor walks past a display showing stock prices at a brokerage house in Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. Asian markets were rattled Tuesday by the miseries on Wall Street, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index briefly dipping more than 7 percent, but investors seemed to be taking the gyrations in stride. (Chinatopix via AP)
A Chinese investor uses a computer terminal to monitor stock prices at a brokerage house in Beijing, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. Asian shares recouped losses across the board on Wednesday, mirroring the “correction” rally on Wall Street, though gains were in a modest range and most benchmarks fell back after opening sharply higher. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
A passerby peers in the window while investors congregate inside at the Fidelity Investments office on Congress Street as the ticker displays stock market numbers Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, in Boston. After big swings higher and lower, U.S. stocks are up slightly in afternoon trading Tuesday as investors look for calm after a global sell-off. The swings came one day after the steepest drop in 6 1/2 years. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
A currency trader watches monitors in a brokerage firm in Paris, France, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. Stock markets around the world took a battering Tuesday, following a dramatic sell-off on Wall Street that triggered concerns that a potentially healthy pullback from record highs could turn into a protracted bear market. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Trader Michael Milano works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. The Dow Jones industrial average fell as much as 500 points in early trading, bringing the index down 10 percent from the record high it reached on January 26. The DJIA quickly recovered much of that loss. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A display shows financial indices in Times Square, New York, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. After big swings higher and lower, U.S. stocks are up slightly in afternoon trading Tuesday as investors look for calm after a global sell-off. The swings came one day after the steepest drop in 6 ? years. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A woman walks past an electronic board showing Hong Kong share index outside a local bank in Hong Kong, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. China’s stock market benchmark plunged 5.5 percent on Friday and other Asian markets were off sharply after the Dow Jones industrials on Wall Street plummeted more than 1,000 points, deepening a week-long sell-off. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
A journalist reports from a public gallery at the Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. Australian shares have fallen almost 3 percent and shed four months of gains in morning trading, following the lead of U.S markets which suffered their worst sell-off in six-and-a-half years. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Chinese investors monitor stock prices at a brokerage house in Beijing, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. Asian shares recouped losses across the board on Wednesday, mirroring the “correction” rally on Wall Street, though gains were in a modest range and most benchmarks fell back after opening sharply higher. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Specialist David Haubner works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. The Dow Jones industrial average fell as much as 500 points in early trading, bringing the index down 10 percent from the record high it reached on Jan. 26. The DJIA quickly recovered much of that loss. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Maintenance workers finish sweeping the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after the close of trading, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. The stock market closed sharply lower, extending a weeklong slide, as the Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 600 points. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Maintenance workers finish sweeping the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after the close of trading, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. The stock market closed sharply lower, extending a weeklong slide, as the Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 600 points. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
In this Feb. 6, 2018 photo, people are reflected on an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo. Shares tumbled in Asia on Tuesday after a wild day for U.S. markets that resulted in the biggest drop in the Dow Jones industrial average in six and a half years. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
In this Feb. 6, 2018 photo, people are reflected on an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo. Shares tumbled in Asia on Tuesday after a wild day for U.S. markets that resulted in the biggest drop in the Dow Jones industrial average in six and a half years. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
An investor monitors stock prices at a brokerage house in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. Shares tumbled in Asia on Tuesday after a wild day for U.S. markets that resulted in the biggest drop in the Dow Jones industrial average in six and a half years. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
An investor monitors stock prices at a brokerage house in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. Shares tumbled in Asia on Tuesday after a wild day for U.S. markets that resulted in the biggest drop in the Dow Jones industrial average in six and a half years. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Traders Peter Tuchman, left, and Patrick Casey work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. U.S. stocks are lower Thursday morning as losses from the previous day continue. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Traders Peter Tuchman, left, and Patrick Casey work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. U.S. stocks are lower Thursday morning as losses from the previous day continue. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A man watches trading boards at a private stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. Asian stocks plunged Friday after Dow Jones industrials on Wall Street plummeted more than 1,000 points, deepening a week-long sell-off. (AP Photo/Sadiq Asyraf)
A man watches trading boards at a private stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. Asian stocks plunged Friday after Dow Jones industrials on Wall Street plummeted more than 1,000 points, deepening a week-long sell-off. (AP Photo/Sadiq Asyraf)
People watch Indian stock market indices on a display screen on the facade of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 . (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
People watch Indian stock market indices on a display screen on the facade of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 . (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
FILE- In this Jan. 10, 2018 file photo, a man walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 index and other country’s index at a securities firm in Tokyo. Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, with some benchmarks erasing early morning gains. Investors remained skittish after this week’s financial turmoil and overnight losses on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
FILE- In this Jan. 10, 2018 file photo, a man walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 index and other country’s index at a securities firm in Tokyo. Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, with some benchmarks erasing early morning gains. Investors remained skittish after this week’s financial turmoil and overnight losses on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
A Chinese investor walks past a display showing stock prices at a brokerage house in Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. Asian markets were rattled Tuesday by the miseries on Wall Street, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index briefly dipping more than 7 percent, but investors seemed to be taking the gyrations in stride. (Chinatopix via AP)
A Chinese investor walks past a display showing stock prices at a brokerage house in Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. Asian markets were rattled Tuesday by the miseries on Wall Street, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index briefly dipping more than 7 percent, but investors seemed to be taking the gyrations in stride. (Chinatopix via AP)
A Chinese investor uses a computer terminal to monitor stock prices at a brokerage house in Beijing, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. Asian shares recouped losses across the board on Wednesday, mirroring the “correction” rally on Wall Street, though gains were in a modest range and most benchmarks fell back after opening sharply higher. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
A Chinese investor uses a computer terminal to monitor stock prices at a brokerage house in Beijing, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. Asian shares recouped losses across the board on Wednesday, mirroring the “correction” rally on Wall Street, though gains were in a modest range and most benchmarks fell back after opening sharply higher. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
A passerby peers in the window while investors congregate inside at the Fidelity Investments office on Congress Street as the ticker displays stock market numbers Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, in Boston. After big swings higher and lower, U.S. stocks are up slightly in afternoon trading Tuesday as investors look for calm after a global sell-off. The swings came one day after the steepest drop in 6 1/2 years. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
A passerby peers in the window while investors congregate inside at the Fidelity Investments office on Congress Street as the ticker displays stock market numbers Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, in Boston. After big swings higher and lower, U.S. stocks are up slightly in afternoon trading Tuesday as investors look for calm after a global sell-off. The swings came one day after the steepest drop in 6 1/2 years. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
A currency trader watches monitors in a brokerage firm in Paris, France, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. Stock markets around the world took a battering Tuesday, following a dramatic sell-off on Wall Street that triggered concerns that a potentially healthy pullback from record highs could turn into a protracted bear market. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
A currency trader watches monitors in a brokerage firm in Paris, France, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. Stock markets around the world took a battering Tuesday, following a dramatic sell-off on Wall Street that triggered concerns that a potentially healthy pullback from record highs could turn into a protracted bear market. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Trader Michael Milano works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. The Dow Jones industrial average fell as much as 500 points in early trading, bringing the index down 10 percent from the record high it reached on January 26. The DJIA quickly recovered much of that loss. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Michael Milano works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. The Dow Jones industrial average fell as much as 500 points in early trading, bringing the index down 10 percent from the record high it reached on January 26. The DJIA quickly recovered much of that loss. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A display shows financial indices in Times Square, New York, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. After big swings higher and lower, U.S. stocks are up slightly in afternoon trading Tuesday as investors look for calm after a global sell-off. The swings came one day after the steepest drop in 6 ? years. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A display shows financial indices in Times Square, New York, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. After big swings higher and lower, U.S. stocks are up slightly in afternoon trading Tuesday as investors look for calm after a global sell-off. The swings came one day after the steepest drop in 6 ? years. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A woman walks past an electronic board showing Hong Kong share index outside a local bank in Hong Kong, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. China’s stock market benchmark plunged 5.5 percent on Friday and other Asian markets were off sharply after the Dow Jones industrials on Wall Street plummeted more than 1,000 points, deepening a week-long sell-off. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
A woman walks past an electronic board showing Hong Kong share index outside a local bank in Hong Kong, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. China’s stock market benchmark plunged 5.5 percent on Friday and other Asian markets were off sharply after the Dow Jones industrials on Wall Street plummeted more than 1,000 points, deepening a week-long sell-off. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
A journalist reports from a public gallery at the Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. Australian shares have fallen almost 3 percent and shed four months of gains in morning trading, following the lead of U.S markets which suffered their worst sell-off in six-and-a-half years. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
A journalist reports from a public gallery at the Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. Australian shares have fallen almost 3 percent and shed four months of gains in morning trading, following the lead of U.S markets which suffered their worst sell-off in six-and-a-half years. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Chinese investors monitor stock prices at a brokerage house in Beijing, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. Asian shares recouped losses across the board on Wednesday, mirroring the “correction” rally on Wall Street, though gains were in a modest range and most benchmarks fell back after opening sharply higher. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Chinese investors monitor stock prices at a brokerage house in Beijing, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. Asian shares recouped losses across the board on Wednesday, mirroring the “correction” rally on Wall Street, though gains were in a modest range and most benchmarks fell back after opening sharply higher. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Specialist David Haubner works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. The Dow Jones industrial average fell as much as 500 points in early trading, bringing the index down 10 percent from the record high it reached on Jan. 26. The DJIA quickly recovered much of that loss. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Specialist David Haubner works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. The Dow Jones industrial average fell as much as 500 points in early trading, bringing the index down 10 percent from the record high it reached on Jan. 26. The DJIA quickly recovered much of that loss. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Wall Street capped a day of wild swings Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, with a late-afternoon rally that reversed steep early losses and sent the Dow Jones industrial average 330 points higher. Even with the rebound, this was the worst week for the market in about two years.