Japan's Topix Index Declines 5%
- BOJ said to have made `rate check' calls to banks on yen
- Global equities enter bear market as growth concerns deepen
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Stocks plummeted in Tokyo, with the Topix index posting its biggest weekly loss since 2008, as global equities plunged into a bear market and the yen rose to its highest level in 15 months.
The Topix sank 5.4 percent to 1,196.28 at the close in Tokyo as trading resumed after a holiday, capping a 13 percent weekly decline. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell 4.8 percent to 14,952.61. The yen traded at 112.45 per dollar after touching 110.99 on Thursday, the strongest level since Oct. 31, 2014, when the Bank of Japan eased policy.