Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Share prices

continue to fall



As oil prices fell over night, shares continued to fall when the market opened on Tuesday. By 3 pm share prices had fallen by 9 percent on the days trading. Prices later rose to make a partial recovery.

Large sums were wiped off the value of Norwegian stocks on Monday.

PHOTO: CORNELIUS POPPE / ILLUSTRATION

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Monday's fall continued on Tuesday, as the international crisis in the financial markets rolls on.

The market closed 6 percent down. Trading on Wall Street was less dramatic than in previous days. This helped prices on the Oslo Stock Exchange to recover some of the day's initial losses.

Aftenposten English Web Desk / NTB


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