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Asian and European markets follow Wall Street with sharp fall as FTSE down 1.5%<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/nov/06/global-stocks-tumble-ai-panic-markets-democrats-midterms-success-jobs-oil-dollar-latest-news-updates" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Business live – latest updates</a>European stock markets have fallen sharply as a rout in US tech stocks spread across the Atlantic, after the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-midterm-elections-2026" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Democrats’ midterms victory</a> sparked fears of a slowdown in the AI industry.A sell-off on Wall Street on Thursday was followed by sharp falls in Asian stocks markets on Friday morning. The investor sentiment then reached London, with the FTSE 100 index, which tracks blue-chip shares listed in London, down 1.5%, or 166 points, at the start of trading to 10,615. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/06/global-stocks-plunge-amid-ai-slowdown-fears-after-democrats-midterm-triumph" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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