European markets collapsed after oil

European indices reacted to a price shock in the oil market by failure - after the opening of the British FTSE 100 , the fall of the British 100 reached 8.8%, the pan -European Stoxx 600 - 7%.

By 13:00 Moscow time, the fall was adjusted - FTSE 100 in the minus by 5.98%, Stoxx 600 - by 5.5%. A similar level of fall - in the Asian markets: Japanese Nikkei 225 loses 5%, Hong Kong Hang Seng - 4.2%, Chinese Shanghaio Composite - 3%. The American market will open at 16:30, but the fall of futures on the S&P 500 index reached a 5%limit, after which trading is suspended according to the rules.

The leaders of the fall on the London exchange were the papers of Russian oil and gas companies. At the opening, they fell by 20-34%, but then they were able to partially play the fall with the index. At 12:30 Moscow time, Rosneft fell by almost 20%, Gazprom - by 13%, Lukoil - by 17.3%.

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Investors are massively transferred to protective assets. The profitability of all issues of American government bonds (from two-year-olds to 30-year-olds) for the first time in history fell below 1%. Yena strengthened to the dollar by 3%.