Drug maker Shire sees gains on session
European equities markets were lower Monday, with the FTSE 100 1.46 percent lower to 4,645.01 in London, while the FTSE 250 fell 2.84 percent to 8,274.09.
Drug maker Shire (LSE: SHP) turned in the best performance of the day on the 100 as it added 2.21 percent and GlaxoSmithKline (LSE: GSK) also was among the top 5 gainers on the index with a gain of 0.82 percent.
The FTSE Eurofirst 300 was down 2.01 percent to 922.02 while the Dax fell 2.02 percent to 5,201.61, the CAC-40 was 2.16 percent lower to 3,419.69 and the IBEX dropped 2.78 percent to 10,598.5.
Markets in the Asia-Pacific region were lower as well.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 had its biggest one-day decline in almost five months as it dropped 3.1 percent to 10,268.61 while the Topix index fell 2.46 percent to 949. 59 and the Mothers market was down 2.57 percent to 454.86.
In Australia, the Sydney Ordinaries fell 1.5 percent to 4,398.1 while the S&P/ASX200 was down 1.63 percent to 4,388.4.
Elsewhere in the region the Taiex was 1.95 percent lower to 6,931.8 while the Kospi dropped 2.79 percent to 1,547.06, the Straits Times Index fell 3.25 percent to 2,545.98, the Hang Seng was down 3.62 percent to 20,137.65, the Sensex was 4.07 percent lower to 14,784.92 and the Shanghai Composite dropped 5.79 percent to 2,870.63.
New York equities markets were also lower as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.76 percent to 9,157.1 at just before 1 p.m. in New York, while at the same time the Nasdaq Composite was down 2.43 percent to 1,937.35 and the S&P 500 had dropped 2.1 percent to 982.96.
Crude oil, metals and grains prices were all lower on the session.
The Japanese yen and the US dollar strengthened as investors preferred safe places to put their money, while the pound weakened on house prices that fell in August and the Canadian dollar dropped on lower oil prices.
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