
Nike has dropped to lows unseen since November of 2020 as it faces a boycott in China over Xinjiang's cotton issues.
On Friday, European equities declined, with cars as well as basic resources equities facing the brunt of a wide sell-off provoked by mounting concerns that American duties on $60 billion of Chinese imports could step up.
All sectors found themselves in negative territory, bringing pan-regional STOXX 600 benchmark down for a second day – it lost 1.4% demonstrating its lowest value since February 2017.
Market participants closely watched China’s response that urged America to give up this policy on Friday and also revealed its own plans to impose duties $3 billion of American imports.
Despite risks that the duties could trigger a full-blown trade conflict, some traders told that they aren’t assured that it might take place, pointing out that the retaliation measures rolled out by China are relatively moderate.
However, caution pushed market participants into defensive equities, such as utilities as well as telecoms that went down by less than 1%, although left the broader market behind because they are considered to be less vulnerable a deterioration in the world’s trade.
Euro zone indexes, with the export-sensitive DAX dived more 1.8%, although stood above early March minimums, while the FTSE declined 1.1% to fresh 15-month minimums hit on the back of a growing pound.
On Friday, among the few top notch performers were equities in metal miners Randgold, Polymetal and Fresnillo. All of them gained 0.5%-1.5% because the gold price tacked on the back of soaring demand for safe haven assets.
Among the companies, affected by American aluminum and steel tariffs, equities in car makers Fiat Chrysler as well as BMW inched down respectively 2.5% and 2.1%, while steel tube maker Tenaris declined 4.1% and ThyssenKrupp lost 2.7%.
Additionally, GSK tacked on 2.9% having pulled out of the bidding fight for Pfizer's health business.
Nike has dropped to lows unseen since November of 2020 as it faces a boycott in China over Xinjiang's cotton issues.
Chinese stocks were pressed by the US plans to kick them off US stock exchanges. Alibaba has already plunged by 4% in pre-market hours.
Bitcoin skyrocketed 5% after Tesla’s founder Elon Musk officially announced it will accept the cryptocurrencies as payment.
The Australian economy has been on a steady recovery path, and now we have a very symbolic confirmation that S&P ASX 200 is about to cross 7000!
Jump in to know the latest market news and trade ideas for today!
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will hold a meeting on Wednesday, April 14, at 05:00 MT.
FBS maintains a record of your data to run this website. By pressing the “Accept” button, you agree to our Privacy policy.
Your request is accepted.
A manager will call you shortly.
Next callback request for this phone number
will be available in 00:30:00
If you have an urgent issue please contact us via
Live chat
Internal error. Please try again later
Don’t waste your time – keep track of how NFP affects the US dollar and profit!
Beginner Forex book will guide you through the world of trading.
We've emailed a special link to your e-mail.
Click the link to confirm your address and get Beginner Forex book for free.