Monday, January 21, 2008

Stock Bloodbath

Markets in the US are closed today, but around the world stocks took quite a beating...

India, down 9.5%, trading was halted
Hong Kong, down 8%, down 21% so far this year
Australia, down 7%
Brazil, down 6.9%
Germany, down 6.7%
South Korea, down 6%
France, down 5.9%
Japan, down 5.7%
Canada, down 4.8%
UK, down 4.7%

1 comment:

ALD said...

Hong Kong followed up its 2-day plunge on Jan 23 by rising 1,150 (5.3%). One source I saw claimed this was the best day in a decade, but I have not seen that elsewhere and have not had to time to verify the accuracy of that claim.