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Budget showdown weighs on markets

The mood in financial markets was cautious on Monday as the partial shutdown of the U.S. government entered a seventh day and lawmakers appeared to be making little headway in raising the country's debt ceiling.

By Pan Pylas | Updated on October 07, 2013
Specialist Jason Hardzewicz, left, works with traders at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Oct. 7, 2013.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

LONDON (AP) — The mood in financial markets was cautious on Monday as the partial shutdown of the U.S. government entered a seventh day and lawmakers appeared to be making little headway in raising the country’s debt ceiling.

Stocks drifted lower and the price of oil dropped sharply as traders became nervous about the standoff in Washington, particularly over the debt ceiling. The U.S. has to raise its debt ceiling by Oct. 17. If it doesn’t, the world’s largest economy faces the possibility of defaulting on its debts, a move that would send shockwaves around the global economy and through financial markets.

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