FTSE 100 LIVE: Global stocks plummet as Donald Trump tensions with China escalate

Asia-Pacific trading today saw Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fall 1.3 percent. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 dropped 1.2 percent and Japan’s Topix index shed 0.3 percent. Overnight, Wall Street’s S&P 500 index reversed gains of 1 percent to close down 0.2 percent. The drop came after US President Donald Trump said he would hold a news conference […]

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