Nearly £11bn wiped off UK banks after US regional banking fears spooked markets – as it happened

European stock markets have fallen after two US regional lenders disclosed on Thursday that they were exposed to alleged fraud by borrowers

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Storm clouds are gathering over the financial markets, warns Richard Hunter, head of markets at interactive investor:

There are increasing signs of storm clouds gathering over markets, with little relief from the building wall of worry.

Already grappling with stretched stock valuations in the AI space, an unresolved government shutdown and a deteriorating relationship between Beijing and Washington, investors were exposed to a new source of concern in the form of lending practices and bad loans for US regional banks.