Nuclear leak risks spook global markets
Nuclear leak risks spook global markets
London:Fears of a nuclear catastrophe in Japan after last week’s earthquake and tsunami prompted a near 11% slide in the country’s main stock market on Tuesday, but counter-intuitively pushed the yen near post-World War II highs against the dollar.
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Since the disaster struck on Friday, the Nikkei has suffered its worst two-day losses for 40 years.
Stocks nosedived all round the world.
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Reuters contributed to this story.
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