US Stock Market LIVE, April 7 -- Stock markets in the United States are poised to open on Monday, April 7, after global markets, including the Asian and the European indices, crashed over investor fears of a potential global recession.

The US benchmark index, Dow Jones Futures, is trading nearly 800 points lower at 37,515 points ahead of the US market open on Monday, April 7.

Stock markets in the major economies plunged on Monday, like the UK's FTSE 100 index, which lost over 5 per cent after markets opened for Britain on April 7.

Along with the European markets, the Asian markets tanked, with the Hong Kong-based Hang Seng index taking the biggest hit, losing over 3,000 points. The index closed 13.22 per cent lower at 19,828.30 points,...