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...fence them in. Earlier this month the CFTC approved two new forms of stock-index contracts -- the first authorized since the crash -- bringing the total number to 18. The Chicago Merc hopes to get approval soon for a futures contract to be based on the Tokyo exchange's Nikkei 225 stock index...
...interdependence of world financial markets quite like the October crash. Last week stock exchanges around the globe continued alternately to plummet and jump upward in violent imitation of the spasms on the New York Big Board. In some cases, the volatility was much worse. In Tokyo, for example, the Nikkei share index dived 4% on Monday, but in a week of wild slides and surges finally closed with a gain of .1%. In London the Financial Times index tumbled 6% on the opening day of trading but struggled back and ended the week with a loss of 2%. The continued...
Tokyo traders called it the week of haran, or turbulence. On Monday the value of the 225-stock Nikkei share index exchange fell 1,096 points, the third biggest loss ever. But after the slide, the Nikkei climbed by 731.15 points on Friday, its third biggest rise ever, and an additional 563.87 points on Saturday. Controlling the effects of the second-week crash posed a substantial challenge for the lame-duck government of Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, who hands over power on Nov. 6 to his successor, Noboru Takeshita. Following Monday's precipitous slump, the Japanese Finance Ministry quietly pressured...
...worst is over -- for now. A flood of buy orders propels an explosive rebound on the Kabutocho exchange. As each massive block of offered stock is snapped up, the trading floor erupts in applause. The Nikkei index makes a record gain of 2037.32 points...
...market starts strongly and does not falter. The Nikkei average picks up 475.05 points...