NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Stocks are off to a rough start Monday after last week's geopolitical shocks in Ukraine and Gaza continue to spook the market. The Dow fell about 76 points in early trading. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes also began the day lower. Here's what you need to know.
International markets: Fighting in Ukraine has intensified early this week, and European markets are broadly lower. The FTSE 100 is down 0.4%, and Germany's DAX is down 1.24%. Asian stocks ended the day mixed. Russian stocks were down more than 2% as well.
Tobacco trouble: Tobacco stocks are wilting in the face of a potential $23.6 billion jury award to the Florida widow of a man who died from lung cancer.
Tobacco stocks up in smoke Reynolds American (RAI) fell 2.6% in early trading, and Lorillard (LO), which Reynolds agreed to buy last week, is down 2%. Philip Morris (PM) shares fell nearly 1%, and Altria Group (MO) was down about 1.5%.
Fast food funny business: Fast food giants McDonald's (MCD) and Yum! Brands (YUM), which runs KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, are dealing with a tainted meat scandal in China.
McDonald's' cut ties to a meat supplier after supposedly buying tainted beef and Yum did the same when it ran into tainted chicken. Yum shares are down 2.8% in early trading and McDonald's stock is off 0.6%.
Malaysian Airlines: After Thursday's crash of MH17 over Ukraine thrust Malaysian Airlines back into the headlines, investors are nervous.
Shares listed in Kuala Lumpur are down 35.5% for the year, and some are wondering if the airline will need to go bankrupt.
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