The majority of global stock indices sank in last week’s trading, but Japanese markets defied the broader trend by concluding in the green zone.
The American Wall Street Stock Exchange indices fell after rising for almost four weeks in a row, as the Nasdaq index, which is dominated by technology equities, fell by 2. 6 percent, or 342 points, during the week, reaching a high of 12,705. 22 points.
The benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 1. 2 points, or 51. 7 points, to 4228.
The Dow Jones industrial index fell 0. 2 points, or 54. 3 points, to close at 33706. 74 points.
The Euro Stoxx 50 index declined 1. 2 points to 3730. 32 points, a loss of 46. 5 points, while the German Dax index fell more than 251 points, or 1. 8 points, to 13,544. 52 points.
The French CAC index down 0.89 percent, or 58 points, to 6,495.83 points, while the European Stoxx 600 index fell 0.8%, or 3.5%, to 437.36 points.
While Japanese stocks rose 1. 3 percent, or 383. 35 points, to complete the week at 28930. 33 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the wider Topix index gained 1. 1 percent, or 21. 34 points, to end at 1994. 52 points.
The Bombay Synx Index increased by 183. 37 points, or 0. 3 percent, to 59,646. 15 points, while the Shanghai Stock Exchanges ESI Composite Index fell by 0. 6 percent, or 18. 8 percent, to 3,258. 08 points, and the Chinese Hang Seng Index declined by 2 percent, or 402.
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Global markets fell last week, but the Japanese withstood the trend.
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