- Title: Stocks resume slide as Trump extension fails to calm markets
- Date: 27th March 2026
- Summary: FRANKFURT, GERMANY (MARCH 27, 2026) (REUTERS) LOGO DEUTSCHE BOERSE (GERMAN STOCK MARKET) TRADING FLOOR TRADER AND DAX BOARD TRADER FIRST DAX WITH 22612.93 CHANGE OF -37.64 OR -0.17 % VARIOUS TRADERS DAX GRAPH VARIOUS TRADERS HIGHEST DAX OF 22631.76 AT 09:01:05 AND LOWEST DAX 22562.39 AT 09:10:34 TRADER TRADING FLOOR (SOUNDBITE) (German) HEAD OF TRADING AND GENERAL REPRE
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- Keywords: European stock Frankfurt Stock Exchange Iran Markets Trading Trump
- Location: FRANKFURT, GERMANY
- City: FRANKFURT, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Europe,Economic Events
- Reuters ID: LVA001792527032026RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Global stock markets fell again on Friday (March 27) after U.S. President Donald Trump's extension of a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz failed to calm oil prices or government bonds.
Trump's postponement of the deadline, after which he has said Iran will face attacks on its energy infrastructure, came just after Wall Street stocks closed out their biggest one-day fall since the war began on Thursday.
Markets appeared sceptical about the chances of a deal between the two sides being struck, however, with oil prices rising once again on Friday and government bonds sliding.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index dropped 0.7% in early trading after sliding 1.1% on Thursday.
MSCI's index of Asian shares excluding Japan fell 0.6% overnight.
A Wall Street Journal report that Trump was considering sending more troops added to concern about the war escalating into a ground conflict, with no certainty that the Strait of Hormuz - through which 20% of global energy typically flows - will be reopened to shipping soon.
An Iranian official dismissed a U.S. proposal to end the conflict as "one-sided and unfair" on Thursday.
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