Japan suffered a massive 8.8 earthquake Friday, the strongest to occur in the past century, sending Asian stock markets tumbling. In Japan the Nikkei 225 Index spiraled down 1.7% and in Hong Kong the Hang Seng Index dropped 1.6%. China’s Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.8%.
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Asian Markets Plunge on 8.8 Earthquake in Japan originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:20:00.