FTSE 100 tumbles following Trump's promise of 'fire and fury' against North Korea; US stocks sell-of

Geopolitical chest-beating between the US and North Korea sent investors scurrying out of equities in favour of safe-haven assets such as bonds and gold yesterday.  European blue-chip stock indices fell after waking up to US president Donald Trump’s promise of “fire and fury” against the rogue Asian state, the CAC 40 in France slipping most, 1.4pc, as the attack on soldiers on the edges of Paris weakened investor sentiment further. A stagnant pound neither helped nor hindered the FTSE 100,...