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Black Monday(also known as Black Tuesdayin some parts of the world due to time zone differences) was the global, severe and largely unexpected[1]stock market crashon Monday, October 19, 1987. Worldwide losses were estimated at US$1.71 trillion.[2]
The crash started overnight in Asia as Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 6%, although the most widely watched Asian market, Japan's Nikkei 225, only fell 2% on the day.The losses spread to the European markets, where London's FTSE 100 Index fell 98.90 points, or just about 2%, to 4,871.30.
Ho Sin Hang, chairman of the Hang Seng Bank, conceived the idea of creating the Hang Seng Index as a "Dow Jones Index for Hong Kong". [4] [5] Along with Hang Seng Director Lee Quo-wei, he commissioned Hang Seng's head of Research Stanley Kwan to create the index in 1964, [4] the index was initially used for internal reference in the Hang Seng Bank, they debuted the index on November 24, 1969.
t. e. A number of stock market crashes have occurred in the Hong Kong stock market since the 1960s: 1960s. Stock disaster in 1965 ( Canton Trust Bank run) Stock disaster in 1967 ( Hong Kong 1967 Leftist riots) 1970s. Stock disaster in 1973 ( 1973–74 stock market crash) 1980s.
Starting in 2005, Dell expanded kiosk locations to include shopping malls across Australia, Canada, Singapore and Hong Kong. On January 30, 2008, Dell announced it would shut down all 140 kiosks in the US due to expansion into retail stores. [235] By June 3, 2010, Dell had also shut down all of its mall kiosks in Australia. [236]
Hong Kong's stocks fell to their lowest level in three weeks, with volatility increasing and discounts to the mainland's equities widening, as protests crippled the public transport service and ...
The Association was renamed the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1914. A second exchange, the Hong Kong Stockbrokers' Association was incorporated in 1921. The two exchanges merged to form the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1947 and re-establish the stock market after the Second World War.
Schools and the stock market were closed in Hong Kong on Monday as Typhoon Talim sideswiped the city and headed toward the Chinese mainland and the island province of Hainan. State broadcaster ...