Which of the following wss not a motive of the british in the opium wars

There are no choices but the reason for the war was because of the opium trade.  The British dealt with Opium and the Chinese wanted it stopped and this led to the war and the Chinese were defeated.  This led to the Treaty of Nanjing where the British got Hong Kong as well as other major ports from the Chinese.

basically means the stoc market is going down since   dow is one of the most sucessful buiness it would be a tragedy for it to go down and it ensures the ruinty of the stock market