Global Markets
Overseas stocks slide as energy and war headlines rattle markets
Most major non-U.S. equity benchmarks fall, with the sharpest losses in Asia.
Global equities mostly move lower. The Nikkei 225 falls 2.1%, the Kospi sinks 4.9%, the Shanghai Comp. loses 1.3%, and the Hang Seng slips 0.5%. In Europe, the FTSE 100 drops 1.7%, the DAX falls 1.4%, the CAC 40 loses 0.5%, and the Stoxx 600 declines 0.7%.
The moves line up with a risk-off session in U.S. markets and a jump in oil. CNBC Markets and Reuters both point to fresh Iran strikes, while MarketWatch says the Strait of Hormuz is back under 'full-conflict conditions' and energy markets are scrambling. That backdrop pushes traders toward caution across global equities.
Not every market weakens. The Sensex is down just 0.1%, and the ASX 200 slips 0.3%. But the broader tone is soft, and the Kospi’s 4.9% drop stands out as the largest pullback among the major indexes in the data.
Outside equities, the dollar index edges down 0.1% to 101.066. EUR/USD slips 0.2% to 1.1421, while USD/JPY rises 0.3% to 162.596. The currency mix shows no clean global risk bid, just a lot of crosscurrents.