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Japanese shares plunge amid global economic worries – BBC News

Editor February 12, 2016

Japan’s markets traded sharply lower on Friday, following global markets, and as a stronger yen against the dollar hurt the country’s big exporters.

In early trade, the benchmark Nikkei 225 had shed 5.4% to 14,865.77 – below the psychologically important level of 15,000 points.

The index closed down 4.85% to 14,952.61 points – its lowest close since October 2014.

Friday’s losses end what has been a turbulent week of trade for Japan.

The index has shed more than 11% over the trading week, which was short because of a public holiday on Thursday.

Big exporters in Japan were hurt on Friday as the dollar fell to a 15-month low against the yen. A stronger yen against the dollar hurts Japan’s exporters, as it makes their products more expensive to purchase overseas.

Toyota finished Japan’s trading day down 7%, while Honda lost 5.5% and Nissan shed 5.8%.

Overnight, benchmark indexes in London, the US and Europe posted sharp declines amid continued worries about oil prices and over the strength of the global economy – particularly the outlook for the world’s largest economy, the US.

US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen’s gloomy economic assessment on Wednesday was continuing to hurt investor sentiment around the world, analysts said.

Ms Yellen said financial conditions in the US had become “less supportive” of growth, dousing hopes of a second rise in interest rates in the near future.

 

Elsewhere, Australian stocks were hurt by worries over oil prices, with some energy-related stocks, together with the country’s big lenders, weighing down the index.

The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 1.16% to 4,765.30 points.

Meanwhile, South Korea’s benchmark Kospi index closed down 1.41% to 1,835.28, in line with regional markets.

Investors were closely watching markets in Hong Kong after the Hang Seng index shed more than 4% on Thursday. The index was down 0.9% to 18,376.87 points in afternoon trade.

The Shanghai Composite remains closed until next week for the Lunar New Year break.(BBC News)

Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35557072

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