Global markets fall for third consecutive day
Protests in Hong Kong and a crash in Argentina's peso is keeping investors huddled in bonds, gold and the yen for safety
13 August 2019 - 12:04
London — Share markets fell for a third straight day on Tuesday as fears about a drawn out global trade war, protests in Hong Kong and a crash in Argentina's peso currency kept investors huddled in bonds, gold and the yen for safety.
Early 0.3%-0.6% drops from Europe's main indices after some heavy falls in China, Hong Kong, Japan and other parts of Asia left MSCI's main 47-country world index down nearly 4% for August so far...
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