Markets Are Going Down
Mar 3, 2014, 14:52 IST
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This has created selling across the board as equity markets are down everywhere.
Japan lost 1.27%. Korea fell 0.77%.
In Europe, UK stocks are down 1%. Taking it hardest is German stocks, which are off 2%. Italy is lower by 1.1%.
US futures are down around 0.6%, which is off the lows and really not that bad at all.
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