01-22-2008, 12:16 PM
<b>Nikkei down 5.65 pct, biggest 1-day loss since 9/11</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Nikkei has lost more than 1,000 points and 9 percent this week.
Investors dumped stocks across the board, battering financials and exporters especially hard. Mizuho Financial Group tumbled more than 8 percent. The Nikkei closed at 12,573.05, a loss of 752.89 points. The broader TOPIX was down 5.7 percent, also its biggest one-day percentage fall since the 9/11 attacks.
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Investors dumped stocks across the board, battering financials and exporters especially hard. Mizuho Financial Group tumbled more than 8 percent. The Nikkei closed at 12,573.05, a loss of 752.89 points. The broader TOPIX was down 5.7 percent, also its biggest one-day percentage fall since the 9/11 attacks.
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