World stocks decline on dour US earnings outlook
• 15 Apr 2014
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange April 9, 2014 (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)
The declines came after investors drove U.S. markets lower for a second day
The Jakarta Post - Global stock markets fell Monday following two days of U.S. declines and forecasts of lower American corporate profits.
Oil rose above $104 per barrel amid renewed tensions between Ukraine and Russia.
In early European trading Germany's DAX fell 0.5 percent to 9,275.98 and France's CAC-40 shed 0.1 percent to 4,361.36. Britain's FTSE 100 dropped 0.5 percent to 6,530.90. Asian stock markets were muted.