Stock markets tumble on Cyprus bank tax plan

2013-03-18 42

The decision to tax bank accounts in Cyprus sent stock markets into a spin when the exchanges opened for a new week's trading.

London, Paris and Frankfurt all opened sharply down and the euro fell.

Investors were responding to the unprecedented decision by eurozone leaders, to partly fund a bank bailout for Cyprus with money from savers' accounts.

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