Now playing Next Money Bitcoin has dropped by 29%. Why has it plunged this time? The value of Ether also dropped by 10 per cent amid a broad sale of cryptos which saw the $2.5 billion worth of crypto liquidated. What caused the drop? 04/12/2021
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Now playing Next USA Wall Street bounces back a day after huge plunge With US stocks set for their biggest weekly losses in at least six years, the three big indexes recovered some ground 09/02/2018
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Now playing Next Business Global share markets suffer a Trump slump Nervous investors sold shares on Monday because of uncertainty about the effects of the immigration curbs introduced by the new US president. 30/01/2017
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Now playing Next Business Wall Street drops sharply after Brexit U.S. stocks have fallen sharply, with the Dow Jones industrial average dropping as much as 538 points, as Britain's vote to quit the European Union sent a shock wave through global financial markets. 24/06/2016
Now playing Next Business Market misery on the day after the night before The pound has fallen to levels as low as 1985 after Britain voted to leave the EU. 24/06/2016
Now playing Next United Kingdom Sterling hits historic low as Brexit fallout spreads Stocks and shares have been spiralling downwards across Europe after David Cameron said he will quit as British prime minister. 24/06/2016
Now playing Next world news European markets brace themselves for more panic Wall Street kept a lid on the panic – just – after earlier moving deep into the red on Wednesday following an appalling day on European markets 21/01/2016
Now playing Next world news Russia: rouble at its lowest since 1998 Coupled with fresh falls in world oil prices, investor concerns deepen. 20/01/2016
Now playing Next Business Shares slump as oil prices tumble to new lows Oil prices at new lows have hit the world's stock markets. A share sell off has investors braced for one of the worst monthly performances ever in January. 20/01/2016
Now playing Next world news World stocks set for third week of losses as oil falls back below $30 Concerns about global growth are alive and kicking. Commodity currencies took a beating on Friday (January 15) as oil prices fell back below 30 15/01/2016
Now playing Next Business Chinese economic data sends tremors across stock markets “Violent New Year fireworks,” is how one analyst summed up events on Wall Street where the Dow fell 450 points having its worst opening day in 84 04/01/2016
Now playing Next world news US Fed rate decision boosts confidence as Asian markets rally Investors have chosen to take the historic hike in US interest rates as a sign of confidence in the world’s largest economy. Asian stock markets 17/12/2015
Now playing Next Business Stocks fall as investors seek safety after Turkey downs Russian jet European and world stock markets fell following the news that Turkey had shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border, as investors became 24/11/2015
Now playing Next Business Mixed results on China's trade sector Exports not as bad as expected – but imports worse – China’s mixed results have left economists divided over the state of the country’s trade sector 13/10/2015
Now playing Next Business Trip turns into stumble as European markets slump again Traders breathed a sigh of relief as business ended in Europe on Tuesday nursing losses all round as the market stumbled by nearly two and three 01/09/2015
Now playing Next Business Stocks end the week relatively stable after roller-coaster ride It’s been a truly roller-coaster week on the world’s stock markets. The panic selling that took hold in China and elsewhere earlier in the week 28/08/2015
Now playing Next Business US and European stocks rally after Chinese shares halt their slide European stock markets on Thursday rallied off the back of gains in the US and a bounce back in China. By lunchtime Frankfurt and Paris were up by 27/08/2015
