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Japan'S 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Has Affected Nikkei By 1.72%.

2011/3/12 9:40:00 70

Japan ranks 8.9 on Richter scale 11.

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The epicenter is located in the Pacific Ocean east of Miyagi Prefecture, with a focal depth of 10 km.

Affected by this, the Nikkei 225 index plunged 179 points, or 1.72%, and closed 10254 points a day.

Beijing time 11 13:46, Japan's Richter

Level 8.9

The epicenter of the earthquake is located in the Pacific Ocean east of Miyagi Prefecture. The focal depth is 20 km.

There is a strong sense of vibration in Tokyo.

Witnesses said the earthquake caused many buildings in Tokyo to shake and trigger a 10 meter high tsunami.

After the earthquake, Japan's stock market expanded.

Japan's Nikkei index closed down 1.7% on Friday, hitting a five week low.

The earthquake triggered a large sell-off in late trading, prompting a sharp increase in trading volume, exceeding 3 billion 150 million shares, reaching its highest level since the beginning of this year.

By Japan and other peripheral markets dragged down, the Shanghai stock index fell sharply, intraday small diving, plunged more than 20 points, the plate gains have dropped.

Hong Kong shares have also been dragged down to the end of the end, as at the close, the Hang Seng reported 23249.78 points, down 365.11 points, a decline of 1.55%

In the foreign exchange market, the yen fell across the board and fell against the US dollar to a two week low. However, as the earthquake news triggered a risk aversion buying once again to support the yen, the yen had a strong counterattack after the big crash, and the main currencies against the yen also reached a near low level within a short period of time.

Japanese government bond futures rose sharply on Friday, and investors' risk appetite rose as a result of the strong earthquake in the north of Tokyo metropolitan area shortly before the end of the market.

After the earthquake, the main Japanese bond futures hit a 139.90 high in June, closing at 139.20, up 0.66 from Thursday's close.

Capital market:

[A shares] by Japan and other peripherals

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Dragged down, the Shanghai stock index fell sharply, intraday small diving, plunged more than 20 points, the plate gains have dropped, market participants predict that the possibility of raising interest rates this weekend will increase.

At the close, the Shanghai stock index reported 2933.80 points, down 23.34 points, or 0.79%, while the Shenzhen stock index reported 12848.02 points, down 156.84 points, or 1.21%.

[Hong Kong stock] Japan had an earthquake of magnitude 8.9 this afternoon, with the Hang Seng Index plunging 365 points to 23250 points, or 1.55%, while the Hong Kong stock board traded 78 billion 700 million yuan a day. The H-share index fell 240 points to 12752 points, or 1.85%.

The Korean stock market closed down today, while the Seoul composite index fell 1.31%, to 1955.54 points.

[Taiwan stock market] Taiwan stock market is under pressure, technology stocks are bleak, and share prices are falling down.

The weighted index closed 8567.82 points a day, down 0.87%%, down 75.08 points.

European stock market was affected by the Japanese earthquake. European stock markets fell after opening. Germany's Frankfurt DAX index dropped by more than 1%, while the British FT100 index dropped by 0.5%, while the French CAC40 index fell 0.85%.

[commodities] New York crude oil contract in April fell 1.57 U.S. dollars, the latest 101.18 U.S. dollars, or 1.5%.

Gold futures contract rose 0.13% in March, up to $1414.

[exchange rate] after the Japanese earthquake, the US dollar / Japanese yen broke through 83 rapidly, once rose to 83.30, or 0.4%, and then dropped slightly.