Stocks, oil prices slide as tariff wars weigh | Business

LONDON, Oct 14, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - European and US stock markets slid in line with oil prices Tuesday as trade war rhetoric heated up and as political turmoil rumbled on in Japan and France. The dollar traded mixed against main rivals and gold hit a fresh record high. "There is a whiff of risk aversion about financial markets today," said Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB. "The global stock market uptrend is facing a little more resistance on the upside." The three main Wall Street indexes were lower, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq down the most at about two percent. In Europe, all the main markets were lower with Frankfurt down about one percent. "The trade war is once again grinding...