Bombay stock market shuts after terrorist attacks - papers

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A series of deadly attacks in India's commercial capital Mumbai forced a closure of the country's stock and commodity exchanges and drove up its risk premium in international credit markets, The Telegraph reports.

The central bank closed the bond and foreign exchange markets but said it would continue auctions to keep cash flowing through interbank lending markets, which seized up after the global financial crisis destroyed Wall Street banks in September. The capital markets regulator said the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange will be closed today after the attacks, which killed 101 people and brought the security forces into two luxury hotels in south Mumbai. US PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama has formed a special advisory board to advise him on stabilising financial markets and ste...

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