Japan’s Nikkei 225 index plunges as world markets react to US economy fears

Yorkshire Post

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index has plunged 12.4 per cent in the latest bout of sell-offs to shake world markets as investors worry over the state of the US economy.

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00:00Hello, my name is Greg Wright. I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post. Here

00:05are your headlines for this morning.

00:07Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index has plunged by 12.4% in the latest bout of

00:14sell-off to shake world markets as investors worry over the state of the US economy.

00:21The Nikkei closed down 4,451.28 points at 31,458.42 on Monday. The market's broader

00:30topics index fell by 12.8% as selling picked up in the afternoon. A report that showed

00:36hiring by US employers slowed last month by much more than expected has hit financial

00:41markets.

00:42The Nikkei 225 dropped by 5.8% on Friday, making this its worst two-day decline ever.

00:50My name is Greg Wright. I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post.

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