Asian stocks were in RED today. Japan’s Nikkei Index slumped 1.17 percent, China’s Shanghai Composite index slipped 0.72 percent, Singapore’s Straits Times index tumbled 0.62 percent, South Korea’s Kospi index lost 0.4 percent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index plunged 0.16 percent.
European markets also showed negative results in intra-day trade. London’s FTSE-100 was down by 0.33 percent, France’s CAC-40 fell 0.46 percent and Germany’s DAX was trading 0.4 percent down when reports last came in.