Shares in Asia continued negative Wall Street sentiment after investors' concerns about a potential economic slowdown and the state of the trade war between the US and China returned again.
The main Chinese markets, which were carefully monitored due to the continuing dispute between Beijing and Washington, slid into a negative territory in early trading. Shanghai Composite declined by 1.09%, while Shenzhen lost 1.58%.
Meanwhile, the Hang Seng Index also fell by 1.59%. In other places in Asia - Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.76%, while Topix lost 0.81%. Losses also shifted to South Korea, with Kospi declining to 0.83%.
In Australia, ASX200 also reported a decline of 1.38%, with all sectors in red.
The "fear index" or VIX jumped 26.16%.
In the FX markets, the dollar rose from its bottom at 96.99 to 97.04. The Japanese yen appreciated against the dollar as a currency-haven after reaching 112.97 at a bottom of about 113.5 yesterday.
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