A sell-off across Asian and European markets on Monday risked setting a gloomy tone for the week, as more negative news highlighted a slowdown in global growth and rising trade tensions between the United States and China.
Major markets from Tokyo to Hong Kong and Shanghai finished the day lower, with losses greater than 1 percent in many of them. In Germany, stocks fell to a two-year low at the start of trading. Futures that predict Wall Street’s opening suggested investors in the United States could face another volatile day.
