(CNN) -- Tokyo's Nikkei tumbled nearly 5 percent Tuesday after new government figures showed a dramatic decline in Japan's international trade amid a global financial slowdown and slow demand for Japanese goods. The sell-off came after Japan's Finance Ministry announced that the nation's leading trade gauge had dropped by two-thirds in November. Tokyo's current account surplus was down 66 percent from November 2007, the ninth straight month the number has dropped. Australia's All Ordinaries index closed 0.8 percent lower, while South Korea's KOSPI gained nearly one percent. In Hong Kong, the...
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