Global Markets
Mixed overseas trading leaves Asia split and Europe lower
The Hang Seng rallies, but much of Asia and Europe finish weaker than U.S. stocks.
Global equities are mixed. The Hang Seng jumps 3.0%, but the Nikkei falls 2.1%, the Shanghai Comp. loses 0.5%, the Kospi drops 5.4%, and the Sensex falls 2.2%.
Europe also ends lower. The DAX falls 2.2%, the CAC 40 drops 2.2%, the Stoxx 600 loses 1.6%, and the FTSE 100 slips 0.2%. The ASX 200 edges down 0.2%, while the TSX rises 0.8% and the Bovespa adds 1.2%.
The country and region moves do not point to one clean global trend, but they do show risk appetite is uneven outside the U.S. The Kospi’s 5.4% decline is the sharpest drop among the major global benchmarks in the data, while the Hang Seng posts the strongest gain.
Among currencies, the dollar index slips 0.1% to 100.937. EUR/USD rises 0.3% to 1.1436, GBP/USD gains 0.5% to 1.3413, AUD/USD adds 0.3%, and USD/BRL falls 0.9%.