SINGAPORE — Shares in Asia-Pacific fell in Tuesday trade following an overnight tumble for stocks on Wall Street that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunge more than 700 points.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 slipped 0.99% while the Topix index fell 1.01%. South Korea's Kospi declined 0.8%.
Mainland Chinese stocks were lower by the afternoon, with the Shanghai composite 0.5% lower while the Shenzhen component shed 0.418%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 1.19%.
The S&P/ASX 200 in Australia dropped 0.71%.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.97%.
On Tuesday, China kept unchanged its benchmark lending rate for corporate and household loans — the one-year Loan Prime Rate (LPR) held steady at 3.85% while the five-year LPR was also left at 4.65%. Majority of traders and analysts in a snap poll expected no change to both the one-year or five-year LPR, according to Reuters.
Markets in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore are closed on Tuesday for holidays.
Bitcoin's price also tumbled amid the market turmoil, falling below $30,000 for the first time in nearly a month. The cryptocurrency's price was at $29,569.45 as of 12:18 a.m. ET Tuesday, according to Coin Metrics.
Wall Street drop
Overnight stateside, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 725.81 points to 33,962.04 while the S&P 500 slipped 1.59% to 4,258.49. The Nasdaq Composite fell 1.06% to 14,274.98.
The losses on Wall Street came as concerns grew over the potential impact of a Covid resurgence on the global economic recovery. Several countries in Southeast Asia have been battling a resurgence in infections, and Goldman Sachs recently slashed its 2021 growth forecasts for most of the region.
Currencies and oil
The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was at 92.862 after a recent bounce from below 92.8.
The Japanese yen traded at 109.43 per dollar, stronger than levels above 110.5 seen against the greenback last week. The Australian dollar changed hands at $0.7321, off levels around $0.738 seen yesterday.
Oil prices were mixed in the afternoon of Asia trading hours, with international benchmark Brent crude futures 0.12% higher at $68.70 per barrel. U.S. crude futures advanced 0.15% to $66.52 per barrel.
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