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Global markets were mixed overnight, as the major US market indices gave up early gains as President Donald Trump threatened to shut down the federal government over funding for a wall along the US-Mexico border.

The S&P 500, an index of the top 500 US listed companies is now down -10% from its October peak, and trading at support levels which it has previously bounced off of

Brexit is back in focus, and investors bailed on European stocks as British Prime Minister Theresa May postponed a key Brexit vote slated for Tuesday.

There was a fresh twist in China-U.S. tensions, which saw stocks fall across Asia as Huawei chief financial officer Wanzhou Meng – the daughter of founder Ren Zhengfei – was arrested in Canada and faces extradition to the US on suspected sanction violatio

Global markets were in the red overnight, although the pace of selling eased on muted trading as Wall Street was closed for the funeral of former president George HW Bush.

Global markets sold off heavily overnight, as investor sentiment flipped with the US markets down over -3% this morning.

Global markets started the week off on a higher note as trade-sensitive industrial and technology stocks lifted Wall Street after the United States and China agreed on a temporary trade truce.

Global markets were higher on Friday as the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq US indices posted their biggest weekly percentage gains in nearly seven years.

Global markets were mixed overnight, as US stocks fell in choppy trading as uncertainty over the outcome of a high-stakes meeting between the US and China at the upcoming G20 Summit kept investors on the side-lines.