After getting within 40 points of the 20% correction level, the Nikkei 225 - aided by a 60 pip ramp in JPY - staged a solid 400 point rampapalooza off the pre-market lows. But... JGBs started to sell off in a hurry as equities surged and something had to be done. By the close of the morning session, TOPIX is back at its opening levels -1% from the close, Nikkei 225 -0.5% (down 250 from the earlier highs), JGBs are unchanged, and JPY is practically unchanged, Japanese corporate credit spreads are notably wider (worse).
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and the Nikkei 225 bounced off the 20% correction in pre-open trading but is fading fast now...
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Whocouldanode? Well, it seems credit markets did?
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Charts: Bloomberg