The Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo recorded a 42.1 per cent fall, well above its last biggest annual loss of 38.7 per cent in 1990, while Korea's Kospi index ended the year with a loss of 40.7 per cent.
Similar records were expected to be set in Europe and the UK where, with one day of trading left in the year, the FTSE Eurofirst 300 and FTSE 100 were on course yesterday for their worst year since they were constituted in the 1980s.
In New York, the S&P 500 has already fallen 41 per cent this year, marking its worst run since a drop of 47.1 per cent in 1931 during the Great Depression.
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