Strange, the Nikkei hasn't opened up yet, 14 minutes overdue

[General of Darkness]

They open 7pm eastern. :o

Anyone know if this is a holiday?

http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/marketlive.aspx

[old steel]

The calm before the storm ...

[Gaillo]

52 minutes overdue for opening...
This could be big. :o

[old steel]

Sake all around!

[Ponce]

They are all hiding under the bed to see what will happen in the US tomorrow.

[Dirty Harry]

Nikkei futures in Singapore fall over 4 pct
Thu May 6, 2010 7:50pm EDTTOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) - Nikkei futures traded in Singapore SSIM0 fell over 4 percent on Friday after U.S. stocks plunged as much as 9 percent as a wave of selling triggered by Europe's debt crisis gathered speed.

U.S. stock exchange officials were investigating whether erroneous trades caused a sudden slump in share prices that wiped nearly $1 trillion off U.S. equity values at the peak of the sell-off before prices clawed back some of their losses

[bonaparte]

Down 3.7% for the day, as of 11:00 AM their time.

[Olmstein]

Down 2.79% =298.72

The Japanese PPT is slowly propping it back up

[mick silver]

are gov will throw some money at the stock market tomorrow and fix it ... did i say that

[Apocalypto]

are gov will throw some money at the stock market tomorrow and fix it ... did i say that


yes, you said that. and you are right. Bless your rooster soul.

[FreeEnergy]

it's not the gov, it's the fed. fed is a private international banking cartel. not the gov. it is above the gov though.

[1970 Silver Art]

Nikkei....................Down 331.10 to 10,364.59.