wwwPosted Oct 8th 2008 3:51AM by Douglas McIntyre
The Nikkei index in Japan fell 9% from panic selling. Shares in some exporters were off over 10%. The Hong Kong Hang Seng dropped 5.5%.
Shares in Europe opened with huge losses. The three major indexes, the FTSE, DAXX, and CAC 40 were all down close to 5% in early trading.
Data from Reuters.
Douglas A. McIntyre is an editor from 247wallst.com.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-08-2008 @ 4:11AM
MySelf said...
Are these guys kidding? The Brits are trying to lay blame that the US didn't act fast enough? Where were they? Where was Japan? Where was China, Russia etc, etc,... Here's how it goes, they sat back wanting to see the US market tank so pompus to think it wouldn't affect them & then when it did, AS USUAL, "...Oh it's the Us's fault"
Now WE ALL SEE!