Stock market today: World shares slide further as rate cut, tariff worries hit market sentiment

BANGKOK (AP) — European shares opened higher on Friday and Asian stocks retreated after U.S. markets were closed to observe a National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter.

Germany’s DAX was flat at 20,316.29, while the CAC 40 in Paris slipped 0.1% to 7,486.82. In London, the FTSE edged 0.1% lower, to 8,312.55.

The future for the S&P 500 was down 0.4% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 0.3% lower.

Markets in Asia saw a broad decline that...