Markets slide as eurozone worries weigh on sentiment

Markets were trading in the red this afternoon as eurozone worries and a dispute between Japan and China weighed on investor sentiment.

Concerns over the European debt crisis are impacting markets once more this week despite recent action from the European Central Bank (ECB). Following falls in Asia and the US overnight, indices throughout Europe were lower, with the Euro Stoxx down 0.93% to 2,559 points, and the Italian FTSE MIB and Spanish IBEX 35 both off 2.3% and 1.65% respectively. The French Cac was down is also off 0.94% by 3pm to trade at 3,521, while the German Dax shed 0.66% to 7,354. The FTSE 100 was 0.5% lower at 5,865, while the US' major equity markets were trading fairly flat at the start of the sess...