Strong pressures for the third consecutive meeting is being held by the US stock market in the wake of the sweeping duties announced last Wednesday by Donald Trump, intensifying the trade war with the most important US trade partners, which triggered fears of the world.

Wall Street’s main stock market markers started the first meeting of the week with more than 4%, but rapidly limiting their losses.

At this time, the industrial index Dow Jones It declines nearly 1,000 points or 2.6%, while the techno -barbaric Nasdaq It recedes by 1.8%. The broader index S&P 500which is also the marketplace, sloping 2% lower and flirting with a bear market, as it closed 17.4% lower than the historic high record in February.

‘Dip’ on European stock markets

European stock markets are still under strong pressure on Monday, with the indicators moving in deep red recovering some of their morning losses.

European shares slid down at a low 16 -month -old At the start of the transactions as the duties imposed last week by Donald Trump have raised enormous concerns for investors for the extent to which the main US trade partners can be affected while being afraid of a global recession as the US president not only insisted on the US president.

The pan -European index Stoxx 600 It opened with almost 6%, but along the way it slightly reduced its losses and now slid by 4.8%.

At 15:30 Greek time dach of Frankfurt, which recorded nearly 9.5% losses in the opening, declines 4.6%, while a corresponding dip records the same as well. French CAC 40 which recedes by 4.5%. In the “red” moves and the FTSE MIB of Milan who sinks by 5%, while in Madrid Ibex 35 loses 4.8%.

At the same time the FTSE 100 In London it drops 4.1%.

Defensive shares recede

In the meantime, European defense shares have fallen, which have been a significant rise in recent months in the midst of pressure to boost Europe’s military independence, as investors amid fears of slowing down or even a recession of the global economy, such as the global economy.

However, it limited their initially much higher losses.

Rheinmetall AG, who lost 13%earlier, now fell 3%, while Hensoldt AG from -14%is gathered at -5%.

Thyssenkrupp’s German defensive giant shares drop 7.2%, than -10% earlier, the Swedish defense company Saab, which lost more than 7% slip by 3.4%, while the negotiation stopped for Italian Leonardo after a sharp decline.

Fall for the Greek Stock Exchange

The Greek Stock Exchange is also in a free fall, as the sell -off continues in international markets. The General Index scores 7.43% and stands at 1,478.84 points, while the high capitalization index slide 7.80% lower to 3,617.74 points. A similar decline, by 7.73%, also reports the index of medium capitalization, while 10%reaches bank losses (-9.55%).

The value of transactions is EUR 59.75 million.

The high capitalization index declines at 6.68%, while the middle capitalization index fell 6.97%.

Under $ 60. The oil

At the same time, fears that the duties imposed by President Trump will drive the US – and possibly other economies – to recession and thus reduce demand, led oil prices below $ 60 per barrel.

Slow contracts drop over 3% to $ 59.74, after a 6% drop recorded by the price of oil last week. It is noted that the last time oil prices were found at these levels were in April 2021.

Falling black gold prices comes in the wake of concerns that duties may create higher costs in businesses, which could lead to a slowdown in economic activity, which in turn will hurt the demand for oil.

‘Damn’ the stock markets in Asia

A dip in Hong Kong’s Stock Exchange dip this afternoon local time, at its worst meeting for over 16 years. The index Hanged lost 12.4% and was at 20,021.32 points around 09:00 Greek time and It closed at 13.2%, the largest daily decline since 1997.

Also the Chinese index CSI 300 It fell 6.2% by recording the biggest daily losses since the world financial crisis.

The shares of the Chinese technological giants Alibaba and Tencent declined more than 8%.

The Japanese index Nikkei 225 It sank earlier by 9% while closing 7.68%.

The Japanese Topix bank index sank up to 9.6%.

In the South Korean market the Kospi It recorded losses of up to 8%earlier, while transactions were interrupted for five minutes as the shares recorded a sharp decline.

Receives the Investment Confidence Index

At the same time, the Sentix investment confidence index fell to -19.5 points, its lowest level since October 2023, from -2.9 in March.

Sentix explains that “Trump’s bailing hammer” has forged optimism, with financial expectations for the eurozone now falling at a record rate.

US economic expectations have fallen to the lowest level since October 2008, while the shock of duties triggered fears of a global recession.