the Nikkei 225 index dived 3.1 per cent, in early trade, while the broader Topixindexets and losses are initially low at 3 per cent.

Japanese shares be affected, inevitably, by the u.s. market’s decline, said Seiichi Suzuki, market analyst at Tokai Tokyo Research lab.

hong kong is following the trend. At the opening of the lost, the Hang Seng index is close to 2 per cent. The chinese fastlandsbörserna were the case, it is even higher – kompositindex in Shanghai fell by 2.2 per cent, while that of Shenzhen, plunged to 3.3.

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