| Stock markets in the region
are down this morning, after
shares on Wall Street plunged
for a second straight day. The
Hang Seng Index is trading
more than 3% down, that's a
fall of more than 400 points,
to the 11,800-level. The
Nikkei in Japan is more than
2% lower, and the market in
Sydney, has plunged almost 4%.
Mainland shares are trading
more than 3% down. Earlier,
the Dow sank to a new, 5 and a
half year low, losing 5.5% or
444 points, to end at 7,552,
as US lawmakers put-off a vote
on a bailout of America's car
industry. |
