Holding Pattern?Nuclear nerves wipe $1 trillion off world stocks..
LONDON (Reuters) - The damage inflicted on world stocks this week by the escalating war of words over North Korea topped $1 trillion on Friday, as investors again took cover in the yen, the Swiss franc, gold and government bonds.
With the tense mood pushing European shares down for a third day [EU] and Wall Street set to fall again ESc1[.N], global stocks .WORLD were on course for their worst week since Donald Trump won November's U.S. presidential election.