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Posted on March 14, 2011 | tags

 
 

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