Asian stocks ended in RED as South Korea's Kospi indices slumped 1.7 percent, Japan's Nikkei-225 declined 1.3 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index and Singapore's Straits Times both fell 1.2 percent,  and China's Shanghai Composite index slipped 0.7 percent. 
 
European shares were also negative in intra-day trade. France's CAC-40 lost 1.4 percent, Germany's DAX slipped 1.1 percent and London's FTSE-100 was down by 0.2 percent up when reports last came.