1. Bank stocks have led the fall, on fear about a surge in bad loans. 2. Banks, such as National Australia Bank Ltd., led the fall. 3. Chief Construction Corp. and Der Pao Construction Co. led the fall. 4. Computer-related stocks such as Texas Instruments Inc., Cisco Systems Inc. and Intel Corp. led the fall. 5. Daimler-Benz AG and Allianz AG led the fall. 6. Interest-rate sensitive bank and property shares such as HSBC Holdings Plc and Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd. led the fall. 7. Property and construction companies, whose sales are sensitive to changes in domestic interest rates, led the fall. 8. Sanwa Bank Ltd. and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd. led the fall. 9. Stocks favored by foreign fund managers led the fall, Leon said. 10. Stocks that led the fall in the index included Medical Resources Inc., Warner-Lambert Co. and First Savings Bank. |