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...would be taken in all the world's major economies to prevent major banking failures and loosen frozen credit. It all proved enough for markets to take heart again, at least for now. By mid-morning, London's FTSE 100 was up 6%, Paris' CAC 40 rose 6.68%, and Frankfurt's DAX jumped 6.25% - a remarkable turn-around from last week's battering that ended Friday with losses of 7% to nearly 9%. Most indices in Asia similarly rebounded, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng rising 6.77%, and Syndey's All Ordinaries up 5.14%. Though the region's showcase Nikkei...
...Even before Asia's miserable day was over, European markets gave new force to the glumfest, opening with plunges near or in double digits. By day's end, those declines had been scaled back to 8.85% on London's FTSE 100, 7.7% on Paris' CAC 40, and 7% on Frankfurt's DAX index. Vienna's market lost 10% upon resumption of trading after temporary suspension there, while exchanges in Moscow and Jakarta were considered too volatile to even reopen...
...fitting end to what has been a remarkably bubbly period for London. Over the past decade and a half, ever since its last protracted downturn, the British capital has transformed itself into Europe's indispensable financial center. Leaving Frankfurt and Paris in the dust and encouraged by the policies of Gordon Brown, the current British Prime Minister, it has become a magnet for people, jobs and investment from around the world. The big U.S. banks made London their international hub, and the major continental European banks moved much of their trading and investment banking operations there. About 70% of international...
...banks than citizens in many industrialized nations - and they still harbor a deep collective memory of the perils of economic uncertainty from the interwar years of the Weimar Republic. "We had to do it," says Reinhard Schmidt, a professor of international banking and finance at Goethe University in Frankfurt. "I have friends. I have neighbors. I have family. You wouldn't believe how many people have been calling me to ask about their deposits. The fears are extremely strong...
...regulators toward a financial sector that itself cares little for national borders. Certainly Germany's unilateral action didn't help European markets resist a strong downward trend from Asia, and indexes plunged on Monday, with the FTSE 100 in London, the CAC 40 in Paris and the DAX in Frankfurt each falling around 6% as morning trading opened. By midmorning, Iceland had suspended trading altogether in financial shares...