U.S. stocks opened lower, while the Dow fell 1. 16%.

At 09:3 1 on September 4th, US Eastern Time (2 1:3 1 on September 4th, Beijing time), the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 190.67 points to 16, 184.09 points. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 23.22 points to 1, 927.95438+0 points, or 1. 19%. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 55.7 1 point, or 1. 18%, to 4,677.79 points.

European stock markets opened lower.

At the beginning of the European stock market, the Euronext 300 index fell by 0.6%, the FTSE 100 index in Britain fell by 0.9%, the DAX index in Germany fell by 1. 1%, the CAC 40 index in France fell by 1%, and the IBEX index in Spain fell by 1%.

Asian stock markets fell

In the Asian stock market, the Taiwan Province stock market closed down 1. 18% on Friday, falling below the monthly support. Japan's stock market fell to a seven-month low on Friday, and the Nikkei recorded its biggest weekly decline in nearly a year and a half. Analysts said that speculators sold futures and investors chose to hedge before important data came out. The China stock market is still closed.

At 5: 25 Beijing time 100, the FTSE100 index in Britain was reported at 6 125.2 1 point, down 68.55 points, or1.1%; Germany's DAX index reported 10 183. 12, down 13 1.92, or1.28%; The French CAC 40 index reported 4598.4 1 point, down 55.38 points, or 1. 19%.