Global Shares Slide After More Losses on Wall Street
A currency trader walks by the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) (L), and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 21, 2022. Lee Jin-man/AP Photo
BANGKOK—Shares were lower in Europe and Asia on Friday after a late afternoon sell-off wiped out gains for stocks on Wall Street.
Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 0.9 percent to 7,518.29, while the DAX in Germany declined 1.4 percent to 15,695.88. In Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.2 percent to 7,110.11. The future for the S&P 500 was 0.1 percent lower, while the future for the Dow industrials edged up 0.1 percent.