"The BSE Sensex, which is the bell weather index of the country, is down 425 points.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

In essence, this collapse in stock prices -the one-day collapse in stock prices -I think in the U.S. The price was, depending on which index you were looking at, were down 21-22% in a single day.

实际上,这次股价暴跌,股价一天内的跌幅,当然在美国国内,要看你参考的是哪种股指,但基本上一天之内暴跌21-22%

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Fears of a wider-ranging debt default affecting other banks drove Japan's Nikkei index down two percent.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27