Financial newspapers at the time were releasing headlines like " Huge Selling Wave Creates Near-Panic as Stocks Collapse" and " Prices of Stocks Crash in Heavy Liquidation " , fuelling the panic further.

当时的财经报纸纷纷以“股市暴跌引发巨大抛售潮，近乎恐慌”和“大量平仓导致股价暴跌”等为标题，进一步加剧了恐慌。