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louis c

(8,652 posts) Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:28 PM Feb 2018

Japanese Nikkie Futures Point to 8% Market Drop

Source: business Insider

It looks like Tuesday will be a pretty nasty session for stock investors across Asia, especially those in Japan.

Wall Street just suffered its largest decline in years, volatility has spiked to levels not seen since August 2015, and the Japanese yen has rallied across the board — including by nearly 1% against the US dollar.

It all points to an ugly open for Japanese markets in just under two hours time.

Nikkei 225 futures were down by around 8% at 8.30am AEDT.

Read more at https://www.businessinsider.com.au/nikkei-dow-stock-market-plunge-2018-2#wJutoTGFoOG0HDzo.99

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/nikkei-dow-stock-market-plunge-2018-2

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Japanese Nikkie Futures Point to 8% Market Drop (Original Post) louis c Feb 2018 OP

Super Bowl weekend Miigwech Feb 2018 #1

They'd rather end up penniless than vote for the big-tent party Democrats. John Fante Feb 2018 #2

people vote based on being racists now more than anything else these days beachbum bob Feb 2018 #3

They'd rather hate not fooled Feb 2018 #4

hard to understand for sure, why I consider conservatives to have mental illness beachbum bob Feb 2018 #5

9 pm EST, Dow Futures down 456 for a market open tomorrow bucolic_frolic Feb 2018 #6

Lunch break: Nikkei down 1,194.21 points (-5.26%) to 21,487.87 progree Feb 2018 #7

Nearing close time now Wednesdays Feb 2018 #8

Down 4.73% nitpicker Feb 2018 #9

Miigwech

(3,741 posts)

1. Super Bowl weekend

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:41 PM

Feb 2018

a great time to rob the peoples retirement funds. Can't wait until inflation hits and we see double digit interest rates. I don't understand why people vote for repubs, the party of the 1%.

John Fante

(3,479 posts)

2. They'd rather end up penniless than vote for the big-tent party Democrats.

Reply to Miigwech (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 08:09 PM

Feb 2018

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

3. people vote based on being racists now more than anything else these days

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 09:18 PM

Feb 2018

unfortunately they miss the mark on where problems originate

not fooled

(5,803 posts)

4. They'd rather hate

Reply to beachbum bob (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 09:21 PM

Feb 2018

than live comfortably, apparently.

I don't get it.

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

5. hard to understand for sure, why I consider conservatives to have mental illness

Reply to not fooled (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 09:22 PM

Feb 2018

bucolic_frolic

(43,368 posts)

6. 9 pm EST, Dow Futures down 456 for a market open tomorrow

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 10:04 PM

Feb 2018

of course that changes over night and in the pre-market tomorrow

progree

(10,924 posts)

7. Lunch break: Nikkei down 1,194.21 points (-5.26%) to 21,487.87

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 11:05 PM

Feb 2018

https://www.google.com/search?q=nikkei+index

http://money.cnn.com/data/world_markets/asia/

I saw in the second link that the Nikkei was closed, and I thought already? I checked what time it was in Tokyo: 12 noon. Hmmmm. Did they shut it down because of excessive drop? So I did a simple Google search (see first link) on "Nikkei Index" and that showed me that it was closed for a one hour lunch break between 1130 AM and 1230 PM. So I learn something new every day.

2nd edit, 950pm CST - there seems to be a 20 minute delay, but anyway the Nikkei just started trading again.

Wednesdays

(17,450 posts)

8. Nearing close time now

Reply to progree (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 6, 2018, 01:21 AM

Feb 2018

Nikkei down about 6.5%. S&P futures down around 4.1%.
The NYSE will be off to a rocky start in the morning.

nitpicker

(7,153 posts)

9. Down 4.73%

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Tue Feb 6, 2018, 05:09 AM

Feb 2018

http://www.bbc.com/news/business/markets/asiapacific/tsenik_tokn

Nikkei 225
As of 15:15 06 February 2018 - Market closed

index value 21610.24
index change: -1071.84 index change percentage: down -4.73%
Open22267.00Previous close21610.2452 week high24124.1552 week low18335.63

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