Sydney - A big fall on Wall Street saw Australian stocks droop on the opening bell Thursday.
The ASX 200 gave up 171 points, almost 4 per cent, to 4,165 as investors took their lead from the US market rather than an upbeat assessment by Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner.
New York - Wall Street delivered its worst-ever post- election session Wednesday as major stock indices lost more than 5 per cent, one day after the US market's biggest-ever election day gains.
Tuesday trading saw gains of more than 3 per cent on Wall Street, even as voters were choosing Democrat Barack Obama over Republican John McCain for a four-year presidential term starting in January.
New York - Major US stock indices fell on opening Wednesday after the election of Democrat Barack Obama as the next president of the United States.
The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1.4 per cent at 1508 GMT, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 fell 1.19 per cent. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 1.23 per cent.
Obama celebrated a resounding victory over Republican John McCain Tuesday night after an election campaign that was dominated by concerns over the credit crisis and faltering US economy.
The benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty slipped deeper into the negative in late afternoon trade today, on account of aggressive selling at several blue chip counters.
Oil & gas, metal and realty stocks were hammered badly.
BSE Midcap and Smallcap index lost more than 1% each.
The 30-share index BSE Sensex, today, opened with a gain of 300.05 points at 10,931.17.
At 3:03 a.m., Sensex lost 409.87 points, or 3.86%, at 10,221.25 after touching a high of 10,945.41 and a low of 10,218.92.
Sydney - A big fall on Wall Street saw Australian stocks droop on the opening bell Thursday.
New York - Wall Street delivered its worst-ever post- election session Wednesday as major stock indices lost more than 5 per cent, one day after the US market's biggest-ever election day gains.
New York - Major US stock indices fell on opening Wednesday after the election of Democrat Barack Obama as the next president of the United States.
The benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty slipped deeper into the negative in late afternoon trade today, on account of aggressive selling at several blue chip counters. 
