Fri, 17 Oct 2025

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 Fears over US banks cause stock market jitters

Problems at two US regional banks have made investors nervous and triggered a sell-off in shares.

* UK's FTSE 100 index closed 0.9% lower
* Barclays share price fell over 5%
* Standard Chartered share price fell over 5%
* Deutsche Bank share price ended day 6% lower
* Societe Generale share price closed down 5%
* Germany's main stock market closed down 1.8%
* Paris' Cac 40 index finished day down just 0.2%
* Japan's Nikkei index closed down 1.4%
* Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was 2.5% lower
* Zions Bank share price up about 4% in afternoon trade after Thursday's 13% fall
* Western Alliance Bancorp shares up nearly 2% after Thursday's almost 11% drop
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