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Japanese Stock Rout Accelerates in Worst December for Almost 60 Years
The Nikkei 225 fell 5 percent to close at 19,155.74 in Tokyo, with all but two members in the red. The blue-chip stock gauge dropped below 20,000 for the first time since September 2017 and was down 21 percent from a high on Oct. 2, joining the broader Topix index in a bear market. The S&P 500 plunged almost 3 percent Monday after news that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called top executives from the six largest U.S. banks to discuss liquidity and a Bloomberg News report that President Donald Trump inquired about firing Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/japanese-stock-rout-accelerates-worst-002035982.html?.tsrc=rss
The Nikkei 225 fell 5 percent to close at 19,155.74 in Tokyo, with all but two members in the red. The blue-chip stock gauge dropped below 20,000 for the first time since September 2017 and was down 21 percent from a high on Oct. 2, joining the broader Topix index in a bear market. The S&P 500 plunged almost 3 percent Monday after news that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called top executives from the six largest U.S. banks to discuss liquidity and a Bloomberg News report that President Donald Trump inquired about firing Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/japanese-stock-rout-accelerates-worst-002035982.html?.tsrc=rss
