One hour before close of trading Oslo Stock Exchange on Monday, the main index was down 10.7 percent, reflecting the global crisis in the financial markets. The drop was the heaviest plunge for the exchange so far this year, but not as bad as the 1987 crash, when the index plummeted some 20 percent.
Seafood companies had a particularly bad day Monday. Marine Harvest fell 14 percent -- a poor showing but at least not as bad as the record it set of a 17 percent drop, after the presentation of its third quarter results last year.
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