世界股票市场指数星期一大跌，投资者担心美国政府的救援陷入困境的金融公司的方案，可能不足以稳定世界金融系统。
在纽约，道琼斯工业指数跌幅超过百分之4，4年来首次跌破1万点关口。标准普尔500指数和纳斯达克指数跌幅都超过百分之5。
欧洲各股市收盘时跌幅很大。伦敦金融时报100指数跌到4年最低点，下滑将近百分之7点9，巴黎CAC-40指数下跌百分之9，跌倒3712点，而法兰克福DAX指数下跌百分之7，以5387点收盘。
在亚洲，东京的日经指数下跌百分之4点25，以10473点收盘。香港恒生指数下跌百分之5，以16804作收。
World stock market indexes fell sharply today (Monday), with investors fearful that a U.S. government plan to bail out troubled financial companies will not be enough to stabilize the system.
In New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average sank more than four percent (456 points), falling below 10-thousand for the first time in four years. The S & P 500 and the NASDAQ each dropped more than five percent (55 points and 106 points).
European stock markets closed sharply lower. London’s Financial Times 100 index hit a four year low, falling almost seven-point-nine percent (321 points) to end at four-thousand-589. The CAC-40 in Paris lost nine percent (369 points) to close at three-thousand-712, and the DAX in Frankfurt fell seven percent (410 points) to finish at five-thousand-387.
In Asia, Tokyo’s Nikkei index fell four-and-a-quarter percent (465 points) to end the day at 10-thousand-473. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index plunged five percent (879 points), to close at 16-thousand-804.