Tokyo stocks plummets more than 4 percent

TOKYO: The Tokyo stock market fell almost 5 percent on Tuesday after a massive selloff overnight on Wall Street.
 
The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average tumbled to 11,199.07, down 544.54 points, or 4.64 percent.

The broader Topix index of all first-section issues also dropped 51.3 points, or 4.55 percent at 1,076.57.
 
After a proposed, $700-billion rescue package was defeated in the US Congress, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 7 percent by the close of trading Monday.
 
Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan injected 2 trillion yen ($18.89 billion) into the money market Tuesday as an emergency measure to ease disruption in the financial markets.
 
Tuesday's move marks the 10th consecutive business day of measures by the nation's central bank since the US investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc filed for bankruptcy Sep 15.
 
The total amount of liquidity the bank injected into the market comes to 20.1 trillion yen.
 
On currency markets at 9 a.m., the dollar was quoted at 104.15-20 yen, down from Monday's 5 p.m. quote of 106.14-15 yen.
 
The euro was quoted at $1.4370-73, up from Monday's 5 p.m. quote of $1.4351-52, and at 149.68-73 yen, down from 152.33-37 yen.