Global Markets: Emerging markets lead global stocks lower, commodities sink
Global Markets: Emerging markets lead global stocks lower, commodities sink
Equities around the world took a dive led by emerging market stocks on Wednesday and commodities tumbled as investors looked for safety due to worries about China and Turkey.
Oil and metal futures fell sharply and the dollar faded after hitting a 13-month high earlier in the day.
While fears of a crisis in Turkey still loomed, China was in sharp focus as the yuan
On top of China`s disappointing economic data earlier in the week, technology firm Tencent Holdings Ltd reported its first quarterly profit fall in nearly 13 years on weak gaming revenue.
MSCI`s emerging equities index fell 1.8 percent after having dropped more than 20 percent from its January intraday high earlier in the day. Latin American currencies also slid.
"A combination of fears of contagion from Turkey and a possibility of a China slowdown has upset markets worldwide. It`s more of a risk off trade," said JJ Kinahan, chief market strategist at TD Ameritrade in Chicago.
Turkey`s lira gained for a second day against the dollar, rising 7 percent on Wednesday after authorities took action against investors aiming to short the currency.
The euro regained ground after news Qatar pledged to invest $15 billion in Turkey, reducing anxiety about European banks` exposure to Turkey.
The dollar index fell 0.03 percent, with the euro eur
The S&P 1500 Metals & Mining index fell 4.8 percent, in its biggest one-day percentage decline since March.
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"Copper and other commodities at first reflected the downturn in China but now have been exacerbated by expectations of further economic weakness," said Kristina Hooper, chief global market strategist at Invesco in New York.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 137.51 points, or 0.54 percent, to 25,162.41, the S&P 500 lost 21.59 points, or 0.76 percent, to 2,818.37 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 96.78 points, or 1.23 percent, to 7,774.12.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index lost 1.41 percent and MSCI`s gauge of stocks across the globe shed 1.10 percent.
The CBOE Volatility Index , Wall Street`s so-called "fear gauge," added 1.33 points to 14.64 after jumping to a more than six-week high of 16.86 earlier in the session.
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Turkey has also raised tariffs on some U.S. products "in response to the U.S. administration`s deliberate attacks on our economy", Vice President Fuat Oktay wrote on Twitter.
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