KEY POINTS:
Here's a snapshot of the state of the markets, as at 12.22pm NZT today, following the global aftershock of the Chinese sharemarket drop overnight.
NEW ZEALAND:
NZX 50 -3.07 per cent
NZX ALL -3.13 per cent
CER Group Limited -17.6 per cent
VTL Group Limited -14.3 per cent
Sealegs Corporation Limited -9.1 per cent
AUSTRALIA:
ASX ALL - 3.3 per cent
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index had dived 198.7 points to 5,795.1 by 12.10pm (NZT), its biggest one-day percentage fall since September 17, 2001, when it fell 4.7 per cent.
INTERNATIONAL:
DOW -3.3 per cent
NASDAQ -3.9 per cent
FTSE 100 -2.3 per cent
Hang Seng -1.8 per cent
Nikkei -3.26 per cent (1.14 pm NZT)
- REUTERS, NZHERALD STAFF, www.nzx.com
