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<p>LezlieRamon645: New page: Stock markets have declined on fears over the state of the US and European economies. In Europe, shares fell after a disappointing Spanish bond sale. German and French shares fell almost ...</p> <hr /> <div>Stock markets have declined on fears over the state of the US and European economies.<br /> <br /> In Europe, shares fell after a disappointing Spanish bond sale. German and French shares fell almost 3%.<br /> <br /> The European Central Bank also said it would not roll back emergency measures to tackle the eurozone debt crisis, adding to investor concerns.<br /> <br /> Wall Street fell 1% after the Federal Reserve signalled that it might not provide more stimulus.<br /> <br /> In the UK, the FTSE 100 closed down 2.5%.<br /> <br /> In Europe, the Spanish government had hoped to sell up to 3.5bn euros ($4.6bn; �2.9bn) of medium-term bonds, but it was only able to find buyers for 2.6bn euros.<br /> <br /> It once again raised concerns about high levels of sovereign debt in several eurozone member states.<br /> <br /> Achilleas Georgolopoulos of Lloyds Banking Group said the Spanish bond sale had been &quot;very disappointing&quot;.<br /> <br /> Market sentiment was further weakened by a survey showing continuing weakness in the eurozone services sector.<br /> Continue reading the main story<br /> �Start Quote<br /> <br /> In Europe the economic data is weak and sovereign concerns are flaring up once more�<br /> <br /> Kathleen Brooks Financial website Forex<br /> <br /> No time for ECB 'exit strategy'<br /> Eurozone services sector 'weak'<br /> Irish services employment 'rises'<br /> Fed stays concerned over growth<br /> <br /> Commodities slump<br /> <br /> The price of oil and other benchmark commodities also dropped.<br /> <br /> Light sweet crude fell 2.4% to $101.46 a barrel, while Brent crude fell by $2.17 to $122.69.<br /> <br /> Gold fell 3.3% - to its lowest level since January - and copper dropped 2.8% - send UK-listed miners lower. BHP Billiton fell 3.4% and Rio Tinto dropped 3.8%.<br /> <br /> Investor confidence was affected overnight by the US central bank, the Fed, which indicated on Tuesday that it was not considering a further round of quantitative easing (QE).<br /> <br /> Under QE, a central bank injects new money into the financial system to help boost bank lending.<br /> <br /> Some at the Federal Reserve &quot;perceived a non-negligible risk that improvements in employment could diminish as the year progressed&quot;, said the minutes of the March meeting.<br /> Continue reading the main story<br /> Brent Crude Oil Futures $/barrel<br /> Last Updated at 04 Apr 2012, 20:00 GMT *Chart shows local time Brent Crude Oil Future intraday chart<br /> price change %<br /> 122.59 -<br /> -2.33<br /> -<br /> -1.87<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, ECB president Mario Draghi warned that the eurozone's economic outlook &quot;remains subject to downside risks&quot;.<br /> <br /> He made the comments after the ECB kept eurozone interest rates on hold at 1% for the fifth month in succession.</div>

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