Monday, August 8, 2011

Markets extend fall to 3% on weak Asia

Markets extended their fall to 3% on Monday, tracking a selloff in Asian markets after Standard & Poor’s downgraded the US sovereign debt rating and on fears that the world’s largest economy may be sliding back into recession.

At 10:02am, the 30-share BSE index was down 3.1% at 16,771.90 points, with all of its components declining.

The 50-share NSE index fell nearly 3% to 5,056.25 points.

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