Indicative US equity market closing levels:
Dow down 508.39 points or -5.11 per cent at 9,447.11 (the Dow has now lost more than 1,400 points over the past 5 trading sessions)
S&P down 60.65 points or -5.74 per cent at a five-year low of 996.26 (!)
Nasdaq down 108.08 points or -5.8 per cent at 1,754.88
And some ’star performers’:
Bank of America down $8.45 or -26.23 per cent at $23.77 (and falling in aftermarket trade)
Morgan Stanley down $5.85 or -24.89 per cent at $17.65 (and CDS trading 20 points upfront)
On to you, Asia…