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[Times online 英文报道 9月7日]
http://business.timesonline.co.u ... /article4897971.ece
RBS shares fall under £1 on bailout fearsDominic Walsh
Shares in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) plunged by more than 35 per cent today to less than £1 on fears that a £40 billion bailout of high street banks would result in a partial nationalisation of several household names.
RBS shares fell to a record low of of 95p on suggestions that it had approached the Government about a capital injection that would dilute the holdings of existing shareholders. It later rose back just above 100p.
Lloyds TSB was down by almost 18 per cent and HBOS, its putative merger partner, fell by 17 per cent.
The position was not helped by a warning from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) that Britain is already in recession and could face a prolonged downturn.
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In London, the FTSE 100 opened 1.8 per cent higher, rising 84.65 points to 4,673 points, and soon extended those gains, moving almost 3 per cent higher. But the banking sector fears sent the FTSE back into negative territory, off 25.92 points at 4,563.27 in mid morning trading.
The volatile start to trading followed yesterday's record 7.8 per cent fall as panic swept global financial markets, sending America's Dow Jones industrial average down to a four-year low after dipping below 10,000 points for the first time since October 2004. At one point the Dow was down more than 800 points.
Today's swings in London were mirrored in other European markets, as France's CAC 40 and the Dax in Germany both gave up earlier sharp gains.
Dealers had been banking that plans by the Government to pump £40 billion of fresh capital into high street banks coupled with banking reform legislation, due to be outlined today, would calm markets.
The Bill is expected to include formal measures for the authorities to take control of a failing bank and will give the Bank of England statutory responsibility for maintaining financial stability.
The Chancellor last night held talks with banking executives on how the scheme, which could see the Government effectively part-nationalise such banks, would work.
Shares of RBS, which fell by 25 per cent on Monday, lost another 47.8p to 100.3p on suggestions that it was a likely candidate. Lloyds TSB fell by 45.5p to 213.5p while HBOS was 26.7p lower at 134.1.8p. Barclays was 31p lower at 283p, a fall of almost 10 per cent.
The gloomy picture was compounded as the BCC warned the Government and monetary policymakers that they must act immediately to boost market confidence in order to avoid a prolonged recession. |
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