Asian Markets Plunge: Nikkei Falls 2.79%, KOSPI Drops 5.25%; Taiwan Index Slides 2.51%
Asian markets witnessed a sharp sell-off, with major regional indices trading significantly lower. South Korea's KOSPI recorded the steepest decline, falling 5.25% to 6,724.49, while Japan's Nikkei 225 declined 2.79% to 64,568.75.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 1.40% to 24,857.93, while Taiwan's benchmark index declined 2.51% to 43,726.46.
China's Shanghai Composite dropped 1.25% to 3,828.20, while Singapore's Straits Times Index declined 0.37% to 5,561.36.
