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Asian markets tumble after Wall Street sell-off
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 05 - 09 - 2008


Asian stock markets plunged Friday after more
bad news on the U.S. economy, a vital export market,
triggered a broad sell-off on Wall Street overnight, AP reported.
Disappointing reports on U.S. retail sales and jobless
claims undercut hopes for a late-year recovery in the U.S.
and depressed investor sentiment across Asia.
In Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed down 2.75
percent at 12,212.23.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index tumbled 3.1 percent to
19,752.65, dropping below the key psychological level of
20,000 to its lowest point in more than a year.
Markets in mainland China, India, Australia and Singapore
were also down more than 2 percent.
Pessimism permeated markets as they nervously awaited the
August U.S. employment report later Friday. News Thursday
from major U.S. retailers that shoppers curtailed their
spending last month helped send the Dow Jones industrial
average down 344.65 points, or 2.99 percent, to 11,188.23.
Investors bracing for weak U.S. jobs figures fueled
selling in Japan, said Masaru Ohnishi, equity strategist at
JP Morgan Securities in Tokyo.
But because markets have already fallen so sharply, they
are «likely to rebound if results are good,» Ohnishi
said. «And even if the data are weak, U.S. markets are
unlikely to fall that much further on Friday.»
A drop in the dollar against the yen overnight contributed
to the malaise, pummeling major Japanese exporters. The
dollar fell to 106.59 yen Friday afternoon in Asia; on
Thursday in Tokyo it was trading above 108 yen.
Toyota Motor Corp. retreated nearly 2.5 percent, and
Nissan Motor Co. tumbled 3.6 percent.
Sony Corp. dived 4.2 percent to after the consumer
electronics maker announced Thursday it is recalling
440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide due to a wiring
flaw that could cause overheating. Sony said the recall
involves 19 models in the Vaio TZ series manufactured
between May 2007 and July 2008.
Investors in Hong Kong sent Chinese commodity producers
spiraling, with Angang Steel losing 5.3 percent and
Aluminum Corp. of China, or Chalco, down 3.9 percent early
Friday afternoon. Telecoms such as heavyweight China
Mobile, down 3.3 percent, also took a beating.
Inflation continues to be a major concern in Asia, with
the Philippines reporting Friday that the August consumer
price index rose 12.5 percent from a year ago, the highest
in nearly 17 years. The local stock index fell 1 percent to
2,724.72.


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