Chinanews Client Beijing, March 9th (Chun Chunyu) On March 9th, stock markets around the world have suffered severe setbacks. Among Asia-Pacific stocks, the Japanese stock market ’s Nikkei 225 index closed 6.15% at noon, the South Korea Composite Index is now down more than 4.2%, the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index is now down more than 4%, and the A-share Shanghai Composite Index is down more than 2%.
Although the European and American stock markets have not yet reached the opening time, the US S & P 500, Nasdaq 100, and the small Dow Index futures all plummeted by nearly 5% on the 9th after melting out, and the European Stoxx 50 index futures fell more than 6.6%. On Friday, the British, French, and German stock markets all fell sharply, and the European Stoxx 50 Index closed down 3.91%.