Stocks Slide Worldwide After Wall Street's Slump to Start 2024
• World shares dropped after Wall Street started 2024 with a slump, erasing some of last year's big gains
• Investors are awaiting release of Federal Reserve meeting minutes for signs of potential interest rate cuts
• Germany's DAX slipped 0.1% as unemployment rose; CAC 40 in Paris fell 0.6%; FTSE 100 in London dropped 0.1%
• Asian indexes mostly lower - Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 0.9%; Australia's S&P/ASX 200 down 1.4%
• On Tuesday, S&P 500 dipped 0.6%; Nasdaq fell 1.6% though Dow eked out 0.1% gain