FT News Briefing

Stock indices get a case of the Mondays

Major stock indices were significantly down around the world yesterday. Plus, the FT’s Lucy Fisher explains why the far right is rioting in England and what the government is doing about it.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/4ckdQFA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US stocks finish sharply lower to close out global market rout</a> <a href="https://on.ft.com/3YxsOEP" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why global investors find it so easy to sell Japan</a> <a href="https://on.ft.com/4cgaqnt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why are the far right rioting in England?</a>  The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Our intern is Prakriti Panwar. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/3653fe35-a392-425d-929b-c2ff2b0b8f28" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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