Archive | September 16, 2008

Tokyo reopens: Nikkei, Topix shed 5%

So much for enjoying the latter part of the three-day weekend in Japan. The spectacular “Bloody Sunday” was followed by sell-off Monday in the global markets that were open, which in turn set up Japanese stocks for a heavy drop upon reopening Tuesday. The Nikkei 225 hit a 3-year-plus intra-day low of 11,551, going back [...]

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