Friday 8 August 2014

Markets nervous due to the attack on Iraq

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Geopolitical tensions make investors nervous.


The stock market plunged while oil and gold prices soared because of rising concerns about the effect of the Iraq conflict and the Ukraine.

Market news affected the United States President, Barack Obama, to allow air strikes against Islamist militias in northern Iraq Click.

The FTSE 100 index fell 1% in the early trading before slightly improved, other European stock markets also tumbled.

Japan's Nikkei average fell nearly 3% to close at 14,778 lowest level in two months.

When the Asian markets begin trading Friday morning, President Obama announced the authority to conduct air strikes against the Daulah Islamiyah but he says it will not send back the US ground forces into Iraq.

Before news of the possibility of air strikes against Iraq, the market has been depressed this week because of concerns about the situation in Ukraine, with some reports suggesting Russia together thousands of troops on the border.

The Russian government also announced the implementation of Click 'embargoKlik fully' on food imports from the EU, USA, Australia and other countries as a reaction to the sanctions related to Ukraine.