China News Service, February 26. European and American stock markets fell sharply on the 25th. Of the three major New York stock market indexes, the Dow fell 3.15%, the S & P index fell 3.03%, and the Nasdaq fell 2.77%.

The London Stock Market's "Financial Times" 100 stocks average price index closed at 7017.88 points, down 138.95 points, or 1.94%.

The Paris stock market CAC40 index closed at 5569.68 points, down 112.19 points or 1.94%.

Germany's Frankfurt stock market DAX index fell 244.75 points, or 1.88%, to close at 12,790.49 points.