Tokyo stocks slide five percent on US auto deadlock

TOKYO - Tokyo’s Nikkei stock index slumped more than five percent Friday after the US Senate failed to pass a rescue plan for ailing automakers, sending the dollar down to a 13-year low against the yen.

By (AFP)

  • Follow us on
  • google-news
  • whatsapp
  • telegram

Published: Fri 12 Dec 2008, 10:27 AM

Last updated: Sun 5 Apr 2015, 12:08 PM

The Nikkei tumbled 460.97 points, or 5.29 percent, to 8,259.58.


More news from