LONDON (AP) — Stock markets around the world remained under pressure Monday with investor confidence weighed down by the recent big sell-off that's put key U.S. indexes on course to record their worst December since the 1930s. News that U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called the CEOs of six major banks Sunday in an apparent attempt to reassure jittery financial markets only accentuated concerns in the markets.

Source: Daily Sun December 24, 2018 18:45 UTC