European stocks fell Friday, with auto and bank shares among those losing ground as U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a significant expansion in tariffs on Chinese imports, underscoring concerns that a global trade war will crimp global economic growth and corporate profits.
What markets are doing
On national indexes, Germany’s DAX 30 index DAX, -1.58% lost 0.5% to 12,628.26, and France’s CAC 40 PX1, -1.17% fell 0.5% to 5,391.68. The U.K.’s FTSE 100 index UKX, -0.50% turned lower, down 0.2% at 7,669.24.
