| Tumbling commodities prices and worries about China's economy pulled stocks sharply lower on Tuesday, while bond yields declined and the dollar rose to a two-week high on bets US officials will soon hike interest rates.
Wall Street losses hovered for much of the trading day around 2 per cent on selling driven by falls in oil and copper before easing. European shares were also stung by the commodities sell-off, with the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 stocks index finishing down 3.3 per cent...............................................Full Article: Source
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