Nikkei plummets with biggest loss since Sept. 2001 terror attack

Nikkei plummets with biggest loss since Sept. 2001 terror attack

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian walks by the price board at a brokerage house in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on June 13. The key Nikkei stock index plummeted with the biggest single-day point loss since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack, amid concerns over the U.S. economy and Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui's acknowledgement that he had invested in a fund involved in alleged insider trading.

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