Standard & Poor’s and Dow Jones declined .. Global stock indicators varied

Global stock indicators varied today, Tuesday, as European markets opened up, while Asian stock indicators fell, amid fears of tense trade relations between the United States and China, which affected expectations for the region.
The German Dax index increased by 0.1 % to 22446 points, while the French CAC 40 index fell by 0.1 % to 80,338 points. The British Fenangal Times Index increased by 0.1 % to 8684 points.

Global stocks

The futures contracts of the 500th index decreased by 0.5 %, and the futures for the industrial index fell by 0.2 %. The Japanese Nikai 225 Nikai 225 index fell by 1.4 % to 38,79.79,79, as the markets were reopened in Japan after a holiday on Monday.
The Hang Sing Index in Hong Kong declined by 1.3 % to 23034 points, and the Shanghai complex index fell 0.8 % to 3346 points.

Customs

The Standard & Poor’s/ASX 200 Australian index fell by 0.7 % to 8251.90.90 points. The Cosby index in South Korea fell by 0.7 % to 2630.29 points, after Korea reduced the main interest rates to 2.75 % of 3 %, in its third reduction during four meetings, in a step to support the quiet economy. The Taiwanese Taiwanese index decreased by 1.2 %, while the Indian Cincux Index increased by 0.5 %.

US President Donald Trump said yesterday, Monday, that customs duties on imports from Canada and Mexico will go ahead after a month’s postponement. Trump has angered several commercial partners for the United States recently, and threatened to raise customs duties, which called them to respond from them by imposing taxes on imports, which could lead to the economy towards a commercial war. Trump also imposed additional customs duties by 10% on Chinese imports due to Beijing’s role in producing opiates of opiate.

Wall Street Stock Exchange

The main stock indicators on the American “Wall Street” exchange closed a variation with the end of trading on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Index closed the trading session, up 33.19 points, or 0.1 %, to reach 43461 points.
The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell by 29.88 points, or 0.5%, to reach 5983 points, after the fluctuation between gains and small losses several times during the trading session.
The Nasdaq Technology Complex Index with 237.8 points, or 1.2 %, fell to 19286 points. In the energy markets, this morning, Tuesday morning, the price of the US West Texas Intermediate crude declined by 2 cents to reach 70,68 dollars per barrel, while the price of Brent crude, the world record for oil prices, increased by 14 cents to reach 74.19 dollars per barrel.
In the currency markets, the US dollar price fell against the Japanese yen, to reach 149.78 yen yen from 149.71 yen, while the price of the euro rose to $ 1,467 from 0468,1 dollars.