Stocks are dropping on Italian political strife, weakness in the UK and German economies, and lingering trade-war fears

2:23am PDT - August 9th, 2019    dow jones - Business Insider

Stocks dropped on Friday as investors reacted to a shrinking UK economy, a decline in Germany manufacturing output, and a snap election in Italy. The UK economy shrunk by 0.2% in the second quarter, its first contraction since 2012. German exports plunged 8%,…