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Asian Markets Fall Tuesday

VOA News

   Asian markets are down across the board Tuesday over lingering worries
   about the rising casualties from the COVID-19 novel coronavirus
   pandemic and the stalemate in Washington over a potential new financial
   relief package.

   Japan's benchmark Nikkei index ended down 0.1%. The S&P/ASX index in
   Australia dropped 0.4%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index plunged 0.6%. The
   KOSPI index in South Korea lost 0.1%, while Taiwan's TSEC index
   plummeted one percent.

   Singapore's Composite lost 1.8 points, but was unchanged
   percentage-wise (0.06%). In late afternoon trading, Mumbai's Sensex is
   25 points higher, but is also unchanged percentage-wise (0.09%).

   In commodities trading, gold is trading at $1,848.30 an ounce, up 0.8%.
   U.S. crude oil is selling at $46.82, down 0.3%, and Brent crude oil is
   down 0.5%.

   All three major U.S. indices are up in futures trading.

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