World markets slump; Japan's Nikkei at 26-year low
World stock markets slumped again Monday with the Nikkei index in Japan closing at its lowest in 26 years as the financial crisis drove up the yen, piling the pressure on the country's exporters.
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index closed down 6.4% — the lowest since October 1982. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index tumbled 12.7%, The UK FTSE-100 lost 4.9%, Germany's DAX was down 4.3% and France's CAC-40 plummeted 5.8%. (AP)
