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Global markets are in meltdown: here's how it looks in charts

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Wall Street's fear gauge, the VIX index, is now trading at its highest since last August's selloff in global stocks.

Banking stocks globally have borne the brunt of the selling - with European and Japanese banking stocks having shed roughly 20% each over the last three trading sessions.

The Australian dollar has been a major casualty since Trump unveiled his tariffs and China 's tit-for-tat response.

The hammering poses serious questions for the borrowing costs and economic outlook of some of the countries; Sri Lanka had been clawing its way back from the worst economic crisis in a generation, and Pakistan and Angola have struggled with high debt burdens in recent years . (Reporting by Dhara Ranasinghe , Amanda Cooper ; Libby George , Naomi Rovnick , Samuel Indyk and Danilo Masoni ; Editing by Sharon Singleton ).

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