Recession specter haunts markets
![A man looks at an intraday chart of the benchmark Hang Seng Index at the end of the trading at a brokerage in Hong Kong October 27, 2008. Hong Kong shares plunged 12 percent in their biggest single-day drop since 1997 on Monday, led by blue-chip heavyweight HSBC, as fears of a global recession hit Asian financial markets. [Agencies]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20081028/00016c8b5de90a70fd2701.jpg "A man looks at an intraday chart of the benchmark Hang Seng Index at the end of the trading at a brokerage in Hong Kong October 27, 2008. Hong Kong shares plunged 12 percent in their biggest single-day drop since 1997 on Monday, led by blue-chip heavyweight HSBC, as fears of a global recession hit Asian financial markets. [Agencies]") |
| A man looks at an intraday chart of the benchmark Hang Seng Index at the end of the trading at a brokerage in Hong Kong October 27, 2008. Hong Kong shares plunged 12 percent in their biggest single-day drop since 1997 on Monday, led by blue-chip heavyweight HSBC, as fears of a global recession hit Asian financial markets. [Agencies] |
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