Forexpros – European stocks were down after the closing bell on Tuesday.
At the close of European trade, Germany’s DAX fell 5.00%, London’s FTSE 100 shed 2.21%, France’s CAC 40 declined 5.38% and the EURO STOXX 50 was down 5.26%.
Earlier in the day, industry data showed that The U.S. ISM manufacturing PMI fell unexpectedly to 50.8 last month from 51.6 in the preceding month.
Analysts had expected the ISM manufacturing PMI to rise to 52.1 last month.
Meanwhile, on Wall Street, equity markets were down after the open. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1.86%; the S&P 500 index shed 2.21%, while the Nasdaq 100 index declined 2.17%.
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