The USA registered a 3.5% decrease of the Dow Jones indicator by in the Federal Reserve System, reaching 10735.11 points on September 22, RIA Novosti reports.
The S&P dropped by 3.17% to 1129.77 points. The NASDAQ lost 3.25% and reached 2455.67 points.
The program Operation Twist was launched in the US on Wednesday. The US sells short-term loans of the Treasury Department to purchase mid-term. The program will stay in force until late 2012.
The number of citizens requesting unemployment benefits dropped by 9,000 and reached 423,000 in the USA. Experts expected their number to drop by 8,000 to 420,000.
The advanced economic indicator increased by 0.3% in the USA in August, despite being expected rise 0.1%.
Chinese stock indicators dropped by 1.63-2.06%.
The Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite lost 1.63%, falling to 2403.21 points. The Hang Seng (Hong Kong) lost 2.06%, falling to 17542.76 points.
The KOSPI (South Korea) dropped by 4.18% on Friday to 1725.25. The Nikkei 225 (Japan) dropped by 2.07% to 8560.26 points.
