It was a Friday the 13th horror show for regional markets yesterday as panicked investors sold down after Wall Street crashed on Thursday, only to pile back in on hopes of a US stimulus package.
The wild roller-coaster ride across Asia was triggered by the rout in the United States when the nation's longest bull run came to a shuddering halt with all three major indexes in bear territory - down at least 20 per cent from recent highs.
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