Japan's Nikkie 225 index crashed 12.4% overnight, its biggest loss since 1987, with banks falling 17%, marking their largest one-day loss on record.
Japan's 'carry trade' involving borrowing in low-rate currencies and investing in high-rate ones, impacted by Yen strength due to rate hike, causing Nikkei companies' profits to decline and traders to face sudden reversals.
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