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Europe markets open: Stocks fall, DAX slumps 0.8%; UK bond yields hit 1998 high

by September 2, 2025
by September 2, 2025

A wave of profound uncertainty has sent European markets into a sharp retreat at the open on Tuesday, as a bombshell US court ruling plunged the global trade landscape into chaos.

The cautious optimism that began the new trading month has evaporated, replaced by a risk-off mood as investors grapple with the legal turmoil, a spike in UK bond yields to a 26-year high, and brace for a critical inflation reading.

The positive sentiment from Monday has completely reversed. The pan-European Stoxx 600 is in the red, with Germany’s DAX leading the losses with a steep 0.8 percent drop.

The UK’s FTSE 100 is down 0.4 percent, while bourses in Italy and France are also in negative territory, a clear sign that the market’s fragile confidence has been broken.

A bombshell ruling, a new layer of chaos

The primary source of the market’s anxiety is a stunning 7-4 ruling from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which determined that President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs are illegal and that only Congress has the authority to apply such levies.

The decision, which Trump immediately called “Highly Partisan” and vowed to appeal, throws the entire global trade regime into disarray.

Instead of relief, the legal bombshell has injected a potent dose of instability into a market already on edge about entering a historically weak September.

This uncertainty is being amplified by a dramatic move in the UK government bond market.

Yields on 30-year gilts have surged to their highest level since 1998, a significant development that mirrors a rise in bond yields across Europe and the US.

The spike adds to the immense pressure on the UK government to address the country’s fiscal picture and signals that investor anxiety about long-term debt is intensifying globally.

A corporate scandal adds to the gloom

Injecting a dose of corporate drama into the session, Swiss food giant Nestle has been thrown into turmoil after its CEO, Laurent Freixe, was abruptly ousted due to an undisclosed workplace affair.

The company announced that a probe found Freixe had a romantic relationship with a direct subordinate, a violation of Nestlé’s code of conduct.

The shock ouster of the leader of one of Europe’s largest companies, who had been in the job for just a year, has only added to the nervous and unpredictable mood gripping the market as it awaits the day’s critical inflation data.

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