Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong Stock Markets Plummet: Nikkei drops 595 points (3%)

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Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong Stock Markets Plummet: Nikkei drops 595 points (3%)Asia/Pacific

Hong Kong Hang Seng ^HSI Mar 13 17301.37 -530.49 -2.97% Chart , News

Japan Nikkei 225 ^N225 12:45AM 19155.09 -595.31 -3.01% Chart , News

Taiwan Taiwan Weighted ^TWII Mar 13 8811.95 -617.65 -6.55% Chart , News

Rest of Asian/Pacific Markets

Australia All Ordinaries ^AORD 12:31AM 3190.3 -9.2 -0.29% Chart , News

China Shanghai Composite ^SSEC 1:05AM 1714.336 +9.287 +0.54% Chart

Malaysia KLSE Composite ^KLSE Mar 13 945.47 -2.62 -0.28% Chart , News

New Zealand NZSE 40 ^NZ40 Mar 13 2009.27 -11.47 -0.57% Chart

Pakistan Karachi 100 ^KSE 1:05AM 1940.20 +3.23 +0.17% Chart

Philippines PSE Composite ^PSI Mar 13 1602.96 -18.66 -1.15% Chart , News

Singapore Straits Times ^STI 1:01AM 2055.14 -41.10 -1.96% Chart , News

South Korea Seoul Composite ^KS11 1:01AM 854.66 -36.70 -4.12% Chart , News

Sri Lanka All Share ^CSE 1:05AM 515.05 -6.45 -1.24% Chart

Thailand SET ^SETI 12:31AM 394.14 -8.26 -2.05% Chart , News

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-- Carl Jenkins (Somewherepress@aol.com), March 13, 2000

Answers

This is more than just another drop -- "over there". We may see the beginning of a tech slide -- here.

Asian Institutional money is starting to bail out of techs in Asia -- and -- they have a lot of money in our markets. Also, look for China to devalue by the end of March! Tomorrow (actually today) may be very interesting. JB

-- Jackson Brown (Jackson_Brown@deja.com), March 13, 2000.


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