Day: April 21, 2020

Apr 21
Asian stocks decline following overnight drop in US crude prices

Asian stocks fell in Tuesday afternoon trade as U.S. crude prices plunged to negative levels overnight. Asian Stocks The Shanghai composite down 1.35% while the Shenzhen composite shed 1.556%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 2.29%. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 fell 2.18% as shares of index heavyweights Fast Retailing and Softbank Group dropped at least 4% each. The Topix index also shed 1.35%. […]