Wall Street plunge sends NZ market and dollar spiralling
Global markets were swift to react to the news and Wall Street fell to its biggest loss since early 2020 as panicked investors rushed to sell off stocks, causing every stock on the Nasdaq 100 and the Dow Jones Composite Average Index to fall.
The annual rate of inflation was lower than the 8.5% reported in July, however, it wasn’t as low as investors had been expecting which was the reason for the large sell-off.
Core inflation rose by 0.6% for an annual increase of 6.3% – compared with 5.9% recorded for July.
The S&P/NZX 50 Index fell 104.1 points, or 0.89%, to 11,658.04. Turnover was $117.5 million.
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