On Monday, the world platforms continued to sell off amid investors' uncertainty about the prospects of the global economy. The U.S. and European stock exchanges closed in the negative, oil also finished trading in the red zone, having fallen in price by about 2%. Gold, as a safe haven asset, gained 0.47% in the evening as February futures reached $1840.25 per troy ounce. At the end of trading session Dow Jones lost 1.72%, S&P 500 - 1.67%, NASDAQ - 1.64. In Europe the indices decline was sharper: DAX (Germany) crashed 3.8%, CAC 40 (France) - 3.97%, FTSE 100 (UK) - 2.63%. The general attention is fixed on the two-day meeting of the Federal Reserve, which starts today - investors remain cautious in anticipation of the regulator's decision, which earlier announced its intention to tighten the monetary policy. The results of the meeting will be published on Wednesday. According to IG analyst Chris Beauchamp, volatility in the markets will persist until there is clarity on the Fed's further policy.