A woman looks at an electronic stock board showing foreign exchange rates at a securities firm in Tokyo on March 12, 2020. Asian shares plunged after the World Health Organization declared a coronavirus pandemic and indexes sank on Wall Street. - AP
TOKYO (AP): Asian shares plunged Thursday (March 12) after the World Health Organization declared a coronavirus pandemic and indexes sank on Wall Street.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 dived 4.4% to 18,559.63. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 dropped 7.4% to 5,304.60. South Korea's Kospi dipped 4.7% to 1,817.87. Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 3.6% to 24,316.77, while the Shanghai Composite index shed 1.9% to 2,912.33.
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