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The New York Stock Exchange invoked a rule saying market makers don’t have to disseminate price indications before the opening bell in an effort to make it easier and faster to open stocks on a volatile trading day.

The TOPIX index of all First Section issues ended down 92.14 points, or 5.86 percent, at 1,480.87, the lowest level since February 17.

By increasing demand for them, the government hopes prices will rise. As the slide highlighted on Monday, those efforts have not been a success.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 8.5 percent, its biggest one-day loss since February 2007.

“Of course there were differences, but we have managed to solve the last issues”, Eurogroup Chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem told reporters in Brussels.

Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey said that though markets would remain volatile for a while, the global economy’s fundamentals remained fairly strong.

Yet those gains would come at the expense of manufacturers in other countries, including the United States and Europe.

What is really unusual, however, is that over the past year the U.S. has refused to defend its export market share, as the U.S. government has taken no official policy position on the value of its currency. Yet those gains would come at the expense of manufacturers in other...

Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Djisselbloem said that there were “differences” among foreign ministers of Eurozone, but they “managed to solve the last issues”.

The plan still needs approval from eurozone parliaments. But it is risky for Greek PM Alexis Tsipras.

The final vote was 454-113, with 18 politicians choosing to abstain, following concern that Chancellor Angela Merkel could face dissent from conservatives in her ruling bloc.

Regulators said they would allow the State Pension Fund to invest up to 30 percent of its total net assets in stocks and other equities, but that move was an approval of a policy announced earlier and had no discernable impact on investor sentiment.

Some national parliaments, including Germany, still must approve the deal.

If the bailout is not approved by the Eurogroup, it could decide to grant Greece 6.04 billion euros in bridge financing, according to German newspaper Bild, citing a European Commission proposal for the meeting.

The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, dropped 3.00 per cent, or 66.56 points, to 2,155.49 on turnover of 480.9 billion yuan. But if China is starting a currency war, investor pain could get intense.