IN ASIA
The Shanghai Composite Index opened at 3,591.45 points, down 2.15 points, or 0.06 percent.
The Shenzhen Component Index opened at 14,559.72 points, down 9.46 points, or 0.06 percent.
The Hang Seng Index opened at 22,795.57 points, up 50.71 points, or 0.22 percent.
The S&P/ASX 200 index opened at 7,328.20 points, up 36.00 points, or 0.49 percent.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average opened at 28,369.00 points, up 431.19 points, or 1.54 percent.
The Straits Times Index opened at 3,083.74 points, up 10.77 points, or 0.35 percent.
The Korea Composite Stock Price Index opened at 2,981.67 points, up 18.67 points, or 0.63 percent.
IN THE UNITED STATES
The S&P 500 Index closed at 4,568.02 points, down 52.62 points, or 1.14 percent.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 34,932.16 points, down 433.28 points, or 1.23 percent.
The Nasdaq Composite Index closed at 14,980.94 points, down 188.74 points, or 1.24 percent.
IN EUROPE
The DAX Index closed at 15,239.67 points, down 292.02 points, or 1.88 percent.
The FTSE 100 Index closed at 7,198.03 points, down 71.89 points, or 0.99 percent.
The Paris CAC 40 closed at 6,870.10 points, down 56.53 points, or 0.82 percent.
(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robot.)
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