Global equity prices and the dollar fell sharply on Tuesday as investors sought safe havens amid mounting uncertainty about next week's U.S. presidential election.
U.S. Treasury prices ended higher, erasing earlier weakness, as falling stocks increased demand for bonds, while oil prices fell to one-month lows.
MSCI's 47-country "All World" index .MIWD00000PUS was down 0.4 percent, dragged down by weakness on Wall Street.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 105.32 points, or 0.58 percent, to close at 18,037.1, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 14.43 points, or 0.68 percent, to finish at 2,111.72 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 35.56 points, or 0.69 percent, to end at 5,153.58.
Asian shares stumbled and the U.S. dollar was on the defensive on Wednesday as signs that Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump could be closing the gap with his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton spooked investors.
Anxiety in markets has deepened over a possible Trump victory given uncertainty on the Republican candidate's stance on several issues including foreign policy, trade relations and immigrants, while Clinton is viewed as a candidate of the status quo.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS dropped 0.4 percent while Japan's Nikkei .N225 fell 1.1 percent.
Reference: Reuters
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