TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks plunged Tuesday, sending the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average sliding more than 1,000 points to its lowest finish in 20 months, as U.S. policy chaos sharpens investor concerns over the health of the global economy.
Other Asian markets that were open on Christmas Day also met with selling, but losses were more modest. The Shanghai Composite Index finished down 0.9% while in Taiwan, the benchmark Taiex index closed down 1.2%.
