Asian markets plunge with Japan’s Nikkei diving nearly 8% after big Wall St. meltdown

By The Associated Press

Currency traders work near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, April 7, 2025.

Asian shares nosedived on Monday after the meltdown Friday on Wall Street over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes and the backlash from Beijing.

(Image credit: Ahn Young-joon)

Source:: https://www.npr.org/2025/04/06/nx-s1-5354258/global-markets-wall-street

Updated: April 7, 2025 at 2:53 am