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Asian Markets Dive on US Fears

Asian markets decline sharply

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 2, 2007 5:44 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Stocks plummeted across Asia today, sustaining the biggest losses in more than two months after concerns that Citigroup might be short of cash rattled investors. Mitsubishi UFJ, the largest bank in Japan, dropped 6% as the Nikkei fell to 16,517.48, a 2.1% fall. Financial shares led the declines as Asian banks worry that subprime woes will continue to undermine earnings.

After yesterday's precipitous decline in New York, stocks in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei and elsewhere in Asia all found themselves in trouble. Financials in Australia also took a hit, with the country's largest investment bank dropping 3.2% yesterday. "We're seeing real potential for the world's largest economy to slow significantly and that affects everyone," a Sydney trader told Bloomberg.

A pedestrian glances at a digital display updating Nikkei 225 index outside a securities company office in Tokyo, Friday morning, Nov. 2, 2007. The Japanese benchmark stock index plunged over 300 points in early trading Friday, following large losses in New York overnight because of concerns over a possible end...
A pedestrian glances at a digital display updating Nikkei 225 index outside a securities company office in Tokyo, Friday morning, Nov. 2, 2007. The Japanese benchmark stock index plunged over 300 points...   (Associated Press)
A pedestrian walks past a digital display updating Nikkei 225 index outside a securities company office in Tokyo, Friday morning, Nov. 2, 2007. The Japanese benchmark stock index plunged over 300 points in early trading Friday, following large losses in New York overnight because of concerns over a possible end...
A pedestrian walks past a digital display updating Nikkei 225 index outside a securities company office in Tokyo, Friday morning, Nov. 2, 2007. The Japanese benchmark stock index plunged over 300 points...   (Associated Press)
A pedestrian walks past digital displays updating Nikkei 225 index, left, and exchange rate, right, outside a securities company office in Tokyo, Friday morning, Nov. 2, 2007. The Japanese benchmark stock index plunged over 300 points in early trading Friday, following large losses in New York overnight because of concerns...
A pedestrian walks past digital displays updating Nikkei 225 index, left, and exchange rate, right, outside a securities company office in Tokyo, Friday morning, Nov. 2, 2007. The Japanese benchmark stock...   (Associated Press)
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