Markets Fall After Trump Suggests China Tariffs Over Virus Spread

Markets Fall After Trump Suggests China Tariffs Over Virus Spread
The London Stock Exchange Group offices in the City of London, Britain, on Dec. 29, 2017. (Toby Melville/ Reuters)
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LONDON—World stocks pulled back further on May 1 on grim U.S. economic data and President Donald Trump’s threat to impose new tariffs on China over the CCP virus crisis.

MSCI’s index of global stocks fell 0.4 percent after a tumble late Thursday broke a six-day winning streak for the index.