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belfast, belfast news, telegraph, northern ireland, newspaper, news, jobs, sport, classifieds, homes, property, business Investors are increasingly preoccupied with the relationship between U.S. and foreign markets, particularly last Thursday, when a 4.5% drop in the Shanghai Composite Index led to declines across Asia. The United States and Japan joined forces for a coordinated surprise intervention Wednesday to prop up the yen, sending stock markets soaring in the United States and Europe on hopes that a dramatic markets plunged around the world on Monday — India's market dumped 7 percent of its shares and in Europe many markets sank almost as much. All this comes amid grim news about the American LONDON (Reuters) - European shares sank to three-month lows on Monday, led by banks and resource stocks, as the global equity sell-off continued to batter investor confidence and the yen hit three-month Stock markets have been volatile in recent weeks. The falling stock markets Thursday helped turn oil markets lower.It was developed with a base value of 100 as of December 31 1969. MXWO includes developed world markets, and does not include emerging markets. MXWD includes both emerging and developed markets.Global stock markets tumbled again Thursday on persistent worries about U.S. housing loan problems and potential damage to the global economy.Global markets have experienced a relatively strong recovery since the middle of March. w