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| Global stock markets are seeing record levels of volatility with the five biggest one-day points falls happening in less than a month. |
n Monday the Dow Jones Industrial Average saw its biggest one-day slide in more than three decades.
This was the latest huge swing as investors weigh the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
It comes as a key measure of stock market volatility, known as the "Fear Gauge", has surged to a record high.
Asian shares continued to see volatile trading on Tuesday with markets in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai swinging between losses and gains. At the same time US stock index futures indicated a positive open for Wall Street.
On Monday financial markets slumped, with the Dow losing close to 13% and the S&P 500 falling almost 12%, marking the biggest one-day falls for both indexes since "Black Monday" in 1987.
