Asian and European Stocks Fall After US Sell-Off

Stock markets across Asia and Europe declined on November 6, 2026, following the previous day’s sell-off in U.S. equities. Japan and South Korea recorded losses of 5.7% and 7.4%, respectively, according to the Associated Press, while London’s FTSE 100 finished about 1% lower after recovering part of its earlier decline.

The FTSE 100, which measures the performance of London-listed blue-chip shares, was 1.5% lower at 08:25 GMT. Its morning decline reached 2.35% before the partial recovery by the close, according to the Guardian’s later account.

Elsewhere in Europe, the Washington Post reported a decline of nearly 1.8% in France’s CAC 40 and losses of more than 2% for major British and German indexes. Those reported movements were separate from the FTSE 100’s eventual closing loss.

In Asia, the AP figures put South Korea’s Kospi down 7.4% and Japan’s Nikkei 225 down 5.7%. The agency also reported falling markets in Australia, Hong Kong and mainland China. The Washington Post’s account gave declines of roughly 6% for both the Japanese and South Korean indexes, alongside drops of about 1% in Hong Kong’s Hang Seng and the Shanghai Composite.

Investor concerns included the cost of borrowing, spending on data centers and valuations of artificial-intelligence shares, according to the AP. Its account also described investors considering the possibility of tighter AI regulation following the U.S. midterm election results. These were reported concerns, rather than confirmation that data-center construction had slowed.

The political context also carried a qualification in the AP’s reporting: a Democratic Congress would share federal power with Republican President Donald Trump, who retains veto authority. The agency said that divided arrangement could restrict federal action concerning AI, rather than presenting additional regulation as a settled outcome.

* This article is based on publicly available information at the time of writing.