Article: Nikkei index nose-dives to 5-year low

Article: 1st LD: Nikkei index nose-dives to 5-year ...
Xinhua News Agency;  October 6, 2008 ;     341 words ...1st LD: Nikkei index nose-dives to 5-year low TOKYO, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks tumbled Monday with the key Nikkei index nose-diving by 4.25 percent to a new low in nearly five years amid ...

Article: Japan's Nikkei index nose-dives in morning ...
AP Worldstream;  October 10, 2008 ;     621 words ...Japanese shares plunged in morning trade Friday as jittery investors dumped shares following massive overnight losses on Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 736.40 points, or 8 percent, to 8,421.09 as of 10:20 a.m. (0120 GMT). At one point Japan's key index plummeted 1,042.08 points,

Article: Nikkei index opens lower
AP Worldstream;  October 27, 2008 ;     529 words ... ... m. (0050 GMT) Monday, extending further losses from Friday when the index nose-dived 9.6 percent on recession fears and a surging yen. Last week, the Nikkei index lost 12 percent. The reported plan by the government hardly cheered investors ...

Article: Nikkei index slides 9.6 percent to 5 1/2-year low
AP Worldstream;  October 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Japan's key stock index nose-dived 9.6 percent on Friday, hammered by recession fears and a surging yen. Shares of Sony Corp. sank 14 percent after it ...

Article: Nikkei index plummets more than 6 percent
AP Worldstream;  October 8, 2008 ;     527 words ... ... following Wall Street's plunge overnight and on anxiety about the spreading financial crisis. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index nose-dived as much as 7.3 percent in afternoon trading before paring some losses to trade down 6.5 percent at 9,499, a ...

Article: Nikkei index tumbles after US plunge
AP Worldstream;  December 2, 2008 ;     700 words ...Japan's Nikkei index tumbled more than 6 percent Tuesday ... Securities SMBC Co. Ltd., said the Nikkei index was under heavy selling pressure as ... a prolonged global downturn, the Nikkei index plummeted on heavy selling of exporters ...

Article: Nikkei Index Plunges to 15-Week Closing Low in ...
Xinhua News Agency;  April 21, 2000 ;     442 words ...The benchmark Nikkei index plunged to a 15-week closing low in Tokyo Friday, hit by a selling ... traders said. Issues to be removed from and to be included in the Nikkei index drew both bargain-hunting and profit-taking following their ...