1.   And the index could slide further yet, though rate concerns are not entirely to blame.

2.   Broad market indexes also slid.

3.   Broader indexes also slid.

4.   Other indexes also slid.

5.   Stock indexes slid across much of the region.

6.   The benchmark index has slid more than four percent in the past month.

7.   The index slid as soon as the market opened, recovered briefly and then headed south again.

8.   Meanwhile, however, the currency dipped to a new low and the stock market index slid alarmingly, indicating difficult days ahead for the economy.

9.   On the stock market, the Nikkei index slid, bogged down by selling in shares of technology blue-chip stocks such as NTT DoCoMo and Hitachi.

10.   On the stock market, the Nikkei index slid, bogged down by selling in shares of technology blue-chips.