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Mumbai -5.2% (Sensex, 9/15-9/17...
...what you will about today's global economy, it ain't dull. In a cascade of worry on a single trading day, Jan. 21, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index plunged 8.6%, Tokyo's Nikkei 5.7% and Mumbai's Sensex 12.9%. It was a worldwide mini-meltdown, and the Federal Reserve Board wasn't about to let that go unanswered. Before the U.S. markets had even opened, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke--not a man known for dramatic gestures--slashed a key interest rate three-quarters of a percentage point. The surprise move arrested the rout, and the markets have since...
...come as soon as next week - arrested, at least temporarily, the rout in equity markets around the world, which had hit Asia's bourses particularly hard. In the trading day before the rate cut, Hong Kong's Hang Seng had declined 8%, Tokyo's Nikkei 5.7% and Mumbai's Sensex 12 percent...
...what you will about today's global economy, it ain't dull. In a cascade of worry on a single trading day, Jan. 21, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index plunged 8.6%, Tokyo's Nikkei 5.7% and Mumbai's Sensex 12.9%. It was a worldwide mini-meltdown, and the Federal Reserve Board wasn't about to let that go unanswered. Before the U.S. markets had even opened, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke - not a man known for dramatic gestures - slashed a key interest rate three-quarters of a percentage point. The surprise move arrested the rout, and the markets have since...
...stock markets. On Jan. 21 and 22, investors around the world went on a panicked selling spree that resulted in heavy losses. London's FTSE 100 index fell 5.5% on Jan. 21, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell more than 13% in two trading sessions; Mumbai's Sensex dropped more than 12% over two days...