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Riga - Prices tumbled again on Baltic stock markets Tuesday with the Baltic Benchmark Index (BBI), combining data from the Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius exchanges, closing down 3.2 per cent at 270.22.

The NASDAQ OMX Tallinn exchange in Estonia fell 3.22 per cent, the Vilnius exchange in Lithuania slipped 2.74 per cent and the Riga exchange in Latvia eased by 1.37 per cent.

Amman - Arab stock markets plummeted across the board on Tuesday as global recession fears and falling oil prices helped to fuel already dwindling confidence and panic selling, financial analysts said.

The plunge was led by the Saudi and the United Arab Emirates stock exchanges where lack of cash and departure of foreign investors reportedly put enormous pressures on the psychology of investors, they added.

The Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) of the Saudi stock exchange tumbled 5.21 per cent led by the petrochemical conglomerate, the Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC), as well as the banking and construction sectors.

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New Delhi - Indian equities dropped more than 6 per cent Tuesday, largely because investors were selling stocks to lock in profits from previous gains given the gloomy global economic outlook and negative trading on other Asian markets, analysts said.

A fall in India's exports for the first time in five years in October added to the negative outlook.

The 30-share Sensitive Index of the Bombay Stock Exchange closed at 9,839.69 points, 6.61 per cent below Monday's close.

The broader 50-share Nifty of the National Stock Exchange closed 6.66 per cent lower at 2,938.65.