Asian Session – Dollar down as global equities fall sharply on growth fears
Posted on September 30, 2015 at 12:05 pm GMTGlobal equities extended their rout on Monday with major European indices falling by over 2%, while the S&P500 in the US closed down by 2.6%. Asian stocks fell sharply today in response with Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index closing 4% lower and China’s Shanghai SE Composite index down 2.5% in late Asian trading. The latest selloff was triggered by data from China showing the biggest fall in industrial companies’ profits in four year, heightening fears of a deep slowdown. Meanwhile, the [..]