| Dow 6763 |  | -299.64 | (-4.24%) |
| Nasdaq 1323 | | -54.99 | (-3.99%) |
| S&P 701 | | -34.27 | (-4.66%) |
Europe
| FTSE 100 3626 | | -204.26 | (-5.33%) |
| CAC 40 2581 | | -121.02 | (-4.48%) |
| DAX 30 3710 | | -133.67 | (-3.48%) |
Asia at 9 30 AM
| Nikkei 225 7252 | | -28.64 | (-0.39%) |
| Hang Seng 12075 | | -242.63 | (-1.97%) |
SGX Nifty 2639 +10.5 pts
Commodities
| Light Crude (NYM) | 40.15 | (-4.61) |
| Gold (CMX) | 940.00 | (-2.50) |
* Its Blood on streets for the world markets, DOW tanks 300 points Falls Below 6,800 its Lowest Close Since ’97.
* UK FTSE tumbles to its lowest levels since 2003, Nikkei slips to 4 month lows.
* Insurance giant AIG revealed a record quarterly loss of $62 billion.
* HSBC world largest banking group said Monday that it will shutter much of its U.S. consumer lending business and raise $17.7 billion from shareholders after reporting a 70% drop in profit for 2008.
* Outlook for personal-computer industry worsens, with Gartner forecasting this year shipments will fall the most in eight years.
