Around the world, reactions to stock market turmoil

After the worst sell-off since the financial crisis, traders and passersby react to grim news about the stock markets and the global economy.

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Sept. 5, 2011

A trader reacts at his desk in front of the DAX board at the Frankfurt stock exchange. European shares fell on Monday, extending its previous session slide on concerns that the United States could be heading toward recession following Friday's weaker than expected U.S. nonfarm payroll data.

Alex Domanski / Reuters

Sept. 5, 2011

Traders work at their desks in front of the DAX index board at Frankfurt's stock exchange.

Sonya Schoenberger / Reuters

Aug. 12, 2011

Currency traders look at monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul. Asian stocks opened higher Friday after promising U.S. jobs data helped propel Wall Street up.

Lee Jin-man / AP

Aug. 12, 2011

A foreign currency dealer of the Korea Exchange Bank looks at a screen at the bank's dealing room in Seoul. South Korean stocks reversed earlier gains to end lower on Friday, with foreign investors accelerating selling ahead of the weekend, while auto, chemical and refining issues tumbled. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost ground after two days of small gains, closing down 1.33 percent to 1,793.31 points and marking a 17.4 percent plunge since Aug 2.

Lee Jae-Won / Reuters

Aug. 12, 2011

A trader looks at screens at the Madrid bourse. A piecemeal ban on short-selling of financial stocks highlighted flaws in euro zone policy. Investors said relief for bank stocks would be temporary in the absence of coordinated action by Europe's governments. France, Italy, Spain and Belgium imposed the ban, under which details varied according to country, while Britain, the Netherlands and Austria said they saw no need for action. Germany remained silent.

Juan Medina / Reuters

Aug. 11, 2011

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading. The Dow Jones industrial average is moving through a wild week as global economic turmoil continues.

Mario Tama / Getty Images

Aug. 11, 2011

Traders work at the Egyptian Stock Exchange in Cairo. Egyptian stocks tumbled to two-year lows at the start of the week as concerns about the U.S. economic slowdown and the euro zone banking system hit stocks in riskier emerging markets, before staging a partial rebound.

Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

Aug. 11, 2011

A financial trader reacts as he monitors his computer screens inside the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Germany. European stocks declined, extending the Stoxx Europe 600 Index's lowest level in two years, amid concern that the region's debt crisis is spreading.

Hannelore Foerster / Bloomberg

Aug. 11, 2011

Dealers watch stock movements on an electronic board in the investors' gallery at the Amman Stock Exchange in Jordan.

Ali Jarekji / Reuters

Aug. 11, 2011

Edward Radziewicz, right, works with fellow traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Richard Drew / AP

Aug. 11, 2011

A Pakistani stock broker seen reflected in a monitor while checking market at Karachi Stock Exchange. Asian stock markets continued their slump Thursday, but European shares clawed back ground as traders awaited data that they hoped would show a brighter employment picture in the U.S.

Fareed Khan / AP

Aug. 11, 2011

A trader reacts at the Egyptian Stock Exchange in Cairo.

Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

Aug. 11, 2011

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Mario Tama / Getty Images

Aug. 10, 2011

Specialist Stephen Steinthal works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones industrial average ended the day down 520 points, or 4.63 percent, putting the blue-chip index below the 11,000 level it had broken through yesterday and closing at its lowest level this year.

Richard Drew / AP

Aug. 10, 2011

Traders work in the Eurodollar pit on the floor of the CME Group's Chicago Board of Trade following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting, in Chicago. U.S. stocks rose, capping the biggest rally in more than two years for benchmark indexes, as the Federal Reserve said it was prepared to use a range of tools to bolster the economy following yesterday's rout in equities.

Tim Boyle / Bloomberg

Aug. 10, 2011

An employee of the Bucharest Stock Exchange in Romania looks at screens before the opening trading session. The central bank has slashed its inflation forecast for end-2011 to 4.6 percent from 5.1, but said upside risks stemming largely from investor flight after a U.S. rating downgrade and continued debt woes in the euro zone were more visible.

Bogdan Cristel / Reuters

Aug. 10, 2011

Trader Peter Tuchman works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Richard Drew / AP

Aug. 10, 2011

Currency traders work in front of screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index, left, and the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the South Korean won, at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul. Asian stock markets jumped Wednesday following a surge on Wall Street prompted by an unprecedented pledge from the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates super-low for the next two years to help the ailing U.S. economy.

Ahn Young-joon / AP

Aug. 10, 2011

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange following an announcement by the Fed in New York. U.S. stocks turned negative on Tuesday in extremely volatile trading after the statement from the U.S. Federal Reserve that the economy had weakened.

Lucas Jackson / Reuters

Aug. 10, 2011

Robert Halver, chief analyst of a German private bank, gestures at the stock market in Frankfurt where the stock index DAX went down again.

Patrick Sinkel / AP

Aug. 10, 2011

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading. Stocks fell sharply again today after a major rebound yesterday.

Mario Tama / Getty Images

Aug. 10, 2011

A man monitors an electronic board displaying share prices during a trading session at the Karachi Stock Exchange in Pakistan.

Akhtar Soomro / Reuters

Aug. 10, 2011

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Richard Drew / AP

Aug. 10, 2011

A graph on a screen of a specialist on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows stock activity near the close of trading.

Richard Drew / AP

Aug. 9, 2011

Pedestrians are reflected on a window as they look at electronic stock boards at the Australian Securities Exchange headquarters in Sydney. Australian stocks plunged the most in almost three years, extending a 20 percent drop from the benchmark index's April 2010 peak, as concerns mounted that the loss of the U.S. AAA credit rating might worsen a global slowdown.

Sergio Dionisio / Bloomberg

Aug. 9, 2011

An Egyptian trader reacts after trading was halted for 30 minutes on the Egyptian Exchange after the benchmark index fell 5 percent, tracking a plunge in other world markets at the stock market, in Cairo. The Egyptian Exchange's benchmark index plunged, with investors taking their cues from other international markets taking a beating on fears that the downgrade in the U.S.'s credit rating could trigger a new global recession.

Amr Nabil / AP

Aug. 9, 2011

A pedestrian uses his mobile phone to take a photograph of an electronic stock board displaying a midday figure of the Nikkei 225 outside a securities firm in Tokyo. Japanese stocks dropped for a sixth day, with the Topix index plunging to its lowest level since the March earthquake, as ripple effects from Standard & Poor's downgrade of the U.S.'s credit rating roiled global markets.

Tomohiro Ohsumi / Bloomberg

Aug. 9, 2011

Traders work at computer screens beneath a display of the DAX Index curve at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, in Frankfurt, Germany. European stocks retreated for an eighth day, the longest losing streak since 2003, amid concern the economy is slowing. Asian shares and U.S. index futures dropped.

Hannelore Foerster / Bloomberg

Aug. 9, 2011

Foreign currency dealers of the Korea Exchange Bank work in front of screens displaying the Korea Composite Stock Price Index and the exchange rate between South Korean won and U.S. dollar at the bank's dealing room in Seoul. Shares hit their lowest close since September 2010 on Tuesday, although they rebounded from losses of almost 10 percent earlier in the day in record daily trading volume of more than $12 billion.

Truth Leem / Reuters

Aug. 9, 2011

A broker covers his face at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, where the stock index went down again during the first trading hours.

Michael Probst / AP

Aug. 9, 2011

Passersby watch the opening session of the Australian market on electronic stock boards at the Australian Securities Exchange headquarters in Sydney.

Sergio Dionisio / Bloomberg

Aug. 9, 2011

A woman is reflected in a window as the Australian Stock market opens in Sydney. The U.S. stock market buckled Monday under the weight of a crisis in Europe and danger of recession at home.

Rick Rycroft / AP

Aug. 9, 2011

Investors watch the market in Hong Kong.

Vincent Yu / AP

Aug. 8, 2011

A broker covers his face at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, where the stock index went down after the opening of the market.

Michael Probst / AP

Aug. 8, 2011

A trader gestures in front of the DAX index board at Frankfurt's stock exchange that fell 4.5 percent to below 6,000-mark for the first time since September 2010.

Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters

Aug. 8, 2011

Traders work at their desks at Frankfurt's stock exchange.

Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters

Aug. 8, 2011

A man looks at the stock price monitors at the BM&FBOVESPA Stock Market in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where stocks fell sharply, joining a global sell-off on the first trading day after a downgrade in America's debt rating.

Andre Penner / AP

Aug. 8, 2011

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stock futures retreated, following the biggest weekly drop in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index since 2008, amid concern that a downgrade of the nation's credit rating by S&P may worsen an economic slowdown.

Scott Eells / Bloomberg News

Aug. 8, 2011

A trader works at Germany's Frankfurt Stock Exchange on the first day following the U.S. debt downgrade. Standard and Poor's lowered its rating on U.S. debt from AAA to AA+, citing increased risk of a U.S. inability to manage the U.S. debt. The downgrade prompted conference calls and calls to action among leaders worldwide, especially in Europe, which is struggling with its own debt crisis as Italy has become the latest eurozone country to face potential crisis in dealing with its own massive, national debt.

Ralph Orlowski / Getty Images

Aug. 8, 2011

Traders work at their desks at Frankfurt's stock exchange. Germany's DAX fell 4.5 percent to below 6,000-mark for the first time since September 2010.

Pawel Kopczynski / Reuters

Aug. 8, 2011

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the opening bell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.55 percent in opening trade Monday, less than had been feared after late Friday's historic downgrade of the US credit rating by S&P. The Dow was off 177.56, or 1.55 percent, to 11,267.05 in the first 15 minutes of trade.

Stan Honda / Getty Images

Aug. 8, 2011

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Scott Eells / Bloomberg

Aug. 8, 2011

A man reacts in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai. China's main share index ended down 3.8 percent on Monday, the biggest one-day percentage decline since mid-November, pressured by a growing aversion to risk after Standard & Poor's downgraded the credit rating of the United States.

Aly Song / Reuters

Aug. 8, 2011

A visitor holds prayer beads as he watches financial data on screens inside the Dubai Financial Market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai's stock index retreated to the lowest since March as global financial markets slumped amid concern that Standard & Poor's downgrading of the U.S.'s credit rating might stall the global economic recovery.

Duncan Chard / Bloomberg

Aug. 8, 2011

A man looks at the index at the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Stock index futures fell sharply on Monday, pointing to further declines in equities, as S&P's decision to cut the country's top-tier AAA credit rating rattled already jittery investors.

Peter Andrews / Reuters

Aug. 8, 2011

A broker watches his screens displaying the German stock index DAX at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, where the stock index fell after the opening of trading.

Michael Probst / AP

Aug. 8, 2011

An indicator board at the Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney shows falling stock prices after the local market opened. Australian stocks slid 2.2 percent to fresh two-year lows on Monday on global debt and recession fears after Standard & Poor's cut the U.S. long-term debt rating from AAA for the first time.

Tim Wimborne / Reuters

Aug. 8, 2011

People are reflected on a stock index board outside a brokerage in Tokyo. Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Monday that market trust in the dollar and U.S. Treasuries has not wavered, signaling Tokyo's readiness to maintain its massive holdings of U.S. government bonds.

Kim Kyung-hoon / Reuters

Aug. 8, 2011

Japan's finance minister, Yoshihiko Noda speaks to reporters regarding a phone call with the G-7 finance leaders at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo.

Issei Kato / Reuters

Aug. 7, 2011

An employee of the Tokyo Stock Exchange waits for Monday's opening.

/ Reuters

Aug. 5, 2011

A trader gestures while working on the floor of the London Metal Exchange.

Chris Ratcliffe / Bloomberg News

Aug. 5, 2011

The DAX Index board is seen at Frankfurt's stock exchange.

Ralph Orlowski / Reuters

Aug. 5, 2011

A Chinese man reacts as he checks stock prices at a brokerage house in Fuyang city in central China's Anhui province. Global stock markets tumbled Friday amid fears the U.S. may be heading back into recession and Europe's debt crisis is worsening.

/ AP

Aug. 5, 2011

Pedestrians pass by a display of Taiwanese stock market indicators in Taipei, Taiwan.

Wally Santana / AP

Aug. 5, 2011

A stock broker reacts with dismay while watching the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) index on his trading terminals in Mumbai.

Rajanish Kakade / AP

Aug. 5, 2011

People gather at the Australian Stock Exchange as news flickers of a falling market in Sydney. The Australian benchmark S&P/ASX-200 index sank 168.6 points, or 3.94 percent, to 4107.9 shortly after opening.

Rick Rycroft / AP

Aug. 5, 2011

A passerby sees bleak news on an electronic stock display board in Tokyo.

Shizuo Kambayashi / AP

Aug. 5, 2011

Stock trader Michael Pansegrau works the floor at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany. Europe's debt crisis and fears over the U.S economy battered markets once again Friday, challenging vacationing European leaders to find a way to keep the turmoil from pushing Spain and Italy to financial collapse before a strengthened bailout fund can be put in place to help them.

Martin Oeser / AP

Aug. 5, 2011

A man walks past a screen outside a local bank in Hong Kong as Hong Kong's Hang Seng dived 4.8 percent to 20844.59 at the midday close.

Vincent Yu / AP

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Around the world, reactions to stock market turmoil

After the worst sell-off since the financial crisis, traders and passersby react to grim news about the stock markets and the global economy.

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