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World Service,06 Feb 2018,26 mins

European Shares Tumble in New Sell-off

World Business Report

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Europe's stock markets slide in the wake of falls in Asia and the US. We get analysis from Mark Kepner at Themis Trading in New Jersey, and our regular economic commentator, Roger Bootle of Capital Economics. And we hear how automated computerised trading has changed the nature of stock markets around the world. Also in the programme, Quartz's Tim Fernholz speaks to us from Florida where SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket has successfully launched. Plus, a century after some women in the UK won the right to vote, we hear how the struggle for gender equality is still a work in progress. (Picture: A market trader. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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