INVESTORS FLEE RISKY ASSETS
全球投资者抛售风险资产
INVESTORS FLEE RISKY ASSETS
Share prices, commodities and the euro fell sharply as investors fled risky assets amid growing fears of a eurozone banking crisis and rising tension on the Korean peninsula.
股价、大宗商品价格及欧元汇率昨日大幅下挫。在人们对欧元区爆发银行业危机、及朝鲜半岛紧张局势升级的担忧日益加剧之际,投资者纷纷逃离风险资产。
Stock markets took a pounding, leaving the FTSE Asia- Pacific index down 3.1 per cent at a 10-month low. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped through 10,000 as the dollar and US Treasuries benefited from the flight from risk.
各股市均报大跌,富时亚太指数(FTSE Asia-Pacific index)下跌3.1%,至10个月低点。在华尔街,道琼斯工业平均指数(Dow Jones Industrial Average)盘中曾跌破1万点关口,而美元和美国国债则从此番风险逃离中获益。
