Asia stocks fall on virus fears after Wall Street plunge

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Asian stock markets fall further on virus fears after Wall Street endured its biggest one-day drop in nine years. Tokyo's benchmark fell by 3.4 percent and Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul all dropped by more than 2 percent.

Asian stock markets fell further Friday on spreading virus fears, deepening an global rout after Wall Street endured its biggest one-day drop in nine years.

Virus fears “have become full-blown across the globe as cases outside China climb,” said Chang Wei Liang and Eugene Leow of DBS in a report. The U.S. losses extended a slide that has wiped out gains major indexes posted this year. Investors came into 2020 feeling confident the Federal Reserve would keep interest rates at low levels and the U.S.-China trade war posed less of a threat to company profits after the two sides reached a preliminary agreement in January.

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Tomorrow is going to be a bloodbath.

Yugest loss ever like no one has seen the likes of ever.

I wonder what bozo Jr and the clan has to say about this decline.

They just need to get rid of it all together. It’s rigged to make the rich richer.

I have a GED and I knew this was going to happen where as potus is blaming the debates? PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD Someone educate the man!

May Trump come tumbling down too. Trump StockMarket coronavirus

Thanks realDonaldTrump TrumpCrash TrumpVirus

Give it time.... it’ll jump back up

herculodge Largest one day stock market drop in history. Not 9 years.

Billionaire networth drops 20%.. so sad

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