Biz, World: Japan quake: Tokyo’s main stock index lost lots of money today
- 6.2% the drop in Japan’s Nikkei stock index today – the largest single-day drop since 2008
- 4.88B the number of Tokyo Stock Exchange shares that changed hands – the most since World War II
- $287B the stock exchange’s single-day loss in value; so much collective value, gone … wow source