Germany's DAX index finishes nearly 4% lower as automobile makers and banks skid
The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, -2.37%, which ended just 0.1% lower on Monday despite heavier losses early in the day, skidded 2.4%.
The German DAX DAX, -3.85% and the French CAC 40 PX1, -3.94% each fell nearly 4%, while the U.K. FTSE 100 UKX, -1.72% lost 1.7%, as the index’s gearing to commodity producers helped limit damage. Heavy fighting continued in Ukraine, with the country’s second-largest city Kharkiv bombarded. Russia also said it was about to about making missile strikes on Kyiv, the capital. The Central Bank of Russia kept the local stock market closed for a second day after the U.S. barred transactions with it. The central bank on Monday lifted interest rates to 20% from 9.5%.
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