The Stoxx Europe 600 eased 0.8 percent.
The U.K.’s FTSE 100 slumped 0.6 percent.
Germany’s DAX Index fell 1.1 percent.
The MSCI Emerging Market Index eased 0.5 percent.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 0.9 percent.
Currencies
The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index was little changed.
The euro fell 0.1 percent to $1.1341.
The British pound fell 0.1 percent to $1.2713.
The Japanese yen rose 0.8 percent to 112.77 per dollar.
Bonds
The yield on 30-year bond tumbled nine basis points to 3.17 percent, while yields on five-year notes dropped three basis points to 2.79 percent, or a basis point lower than on two-year notes.
Germany’s 10-year yield fell four basis points to 0.26 percent.
Commodities
West Texas Intermediate crude rose 0.3 percent to $52.81 a barrel
Gold rose 0.7 percent at $1,238 an ounce.
LME copper fell 1.4 percent to $6,209 per metric ton.
Bloomberg
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