Nikkei index drops 2.3%, extends global slump

MG News | February 09, 2018 at 11:24 AM GMT+05:00

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Tokyo's benchmark index plunged more than two percent on Friday after European and US stocks suffered big drops as volatility continued to dog equity markets.

The Nikkei index fell 2.32 percent, or 508.24 points, to close at 21,382.62, while the broader Topix index was down 1.91 percent, or 33.72 points, at 1,731.97 – AFP/APP

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Name	Price/Vol	%Chg/NChg
KSE100	162,226.28 361.89M	0.80% 1291.15
ALLSHR	98,265.59 1,028.96M	0.59% 579.30
KSE30	49,228.54 141.13M	1.12% 547.55
KMI30	230,765.91 122.03M	0.54% 1247.87
KMIALLSHR	63,863.21 525.85M	0.60% 382.09
BKTi	43,972.78 23.50M	-0.03% -11.73
OGTi	31,652.19 27.11M	2.27% 703.92

Symbol	Bid/Ask	High/Low

Name	Last	High/Low	Chg/%Chg
BITCOIN FUTURES	91,310.00	91,430.00 90,445.00	1730.00 1.93%
BRENT CRUDE	63.66	64.85 62.86	-1.23 -1.90%
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY	85.00	0.00 0.00	0.00 0.00%
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY	96.25	96.25 95.90	0.35 0.37%
USD RBD PALM OLEIN	1,082.50	1,082.50 1,082.50	0.00 0.00%
CRUDE OIL - WTI	59.42	59.42 59.32	0.17 0.29%
SUGAR #11 WORLD	14.66	15.05 14.62	-0.04 -0.27%