Financial crisis: World round-up



Watching market information in Tokyo

Pedestrians watching the latest financial market information are reflected in an electric signboard in Tokyo, Japan.

Tokyo's Nikkei index dropped 9.6% in its biggest one-day fall since 1987, while shares in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore all plummeted.

Photo: Katsumi Kasahara/AP/10 October 2008


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