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23 October 1997
A heavy fall in equity prices in Hong Kong, which triggers declines world-wide, leads to a decline of 3. 1 % in the FTSE 100 to 4991.5. This is the largest one-day fall in percentage terms for more than five years. The index is, however, still 21.2% higher than at the beginning of 1997.


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