BEIJING -- Major Chinese stock indices ended lower Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 3.40 percent, at 2,789.25 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index slashed 5.34 percent to 10,253.28 points.
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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed lower on Monday, with benchmark indices trading over 7 percent lower, dragged down primarily by bank stocks as sell-off resumed after a day's halt.
The benchmark S&P, BSE Sensex closed at 31,390.07, 2713.41 points or 7.96 percent down compared to its previous close at 34,103.48. Enditem
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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index on Monday moved down 82.83 points, or 7.34 percent to close at 1,046.08 points.
Some 9.80 billion shares worth 68.18 billion baht (about 2.14 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.
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DHAKA -- Bangladesh's DSE (Dhaka Stock Exchange) Broad Index closed Monday at 3772.56 points, down 196.75 points from Sunday's finish.
Among a total of 355 issues traded, 10 registered gains and 333 incurred losses while 12 remained unchanged.
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HO CHI MINH CITY -- VN-Index, the stock market index of Ho Chi Minh City bourse in southern Vietnam, closed at 747.86 points on Monday, down 13.92 points or 1.83 percent against the previous trading day.
Approximately 292.3 million shares worth roughly 4.6 trillion Vietnamese dong (nearly 198.9 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange. Specifically, foreign investors bought approximately 35.3 million shares totaling 815 billion Vietnamese dong (35.4 million U.S. dollars), and sold more than 48.9 million shares totaling 1,187 billion Vietnamese dong (51.6 million U.S. dollars).
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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian stock market ended lower here on Monday.
The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,280.63 down 64.12 points or 4.77 percent, and the Emas was at 8,789.36 down 537.05 points or 5.76 percent.
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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 99.62 points on Monday, down 1.76 points or 3.42 percent from the previous trading session.
More than 41.2 million shares worth over 427.5 billion Vietnamese dong (18.6 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Monday. Specifically, foreign investors bought 727,230 shares valued at roughly 2.9 billion Vietnamese dong (125,680 U.S. dollars), and sold more than 1.5 million shares valued at nearly 14.1 billion Vietnamese dong (611,250 U.S. dollars).
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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed lower on Monday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going down 5.25 percent, or 138.23 points, to close at 2,495.77.
A total of 2.16 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 2.51 billion Singapore dollars (about 1.77 billion U.S. dollars). Losers outnumbered gainers by 444 to 122.
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SEOUL -- South Korean stocks ended 3.2 percent lower Monday on rising worry about the global economic slump from the COVID-19 spreading across the globe.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) dived 56.58 points, or 3.19 percent, to settle at 1,714.86. Trading volume stood at 671 million shares worth 8.5 trillion won (6.9 billion U.S. dollars).
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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Monday with a decrease of 0.81 percent compared to the previous trading day.
The Lao Securities Exchange composite index decreased by 5.28 points, reaching 643.97 points after closing.
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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished lower on Monday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) Index down 7.37 points, or 1.16 percent, to close at 628.7.
A total of 3,178 shares worth 43.7 million riels (10,817 U.S. dollars) were traded, the CSX said, adding that 80 percent of the traded shares belonged to the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS).
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 969.34 points, or 4.03 percent, to 23,063.57 points on Monday.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 22,842.25 and 23,631.53. Turnover totaled 158.81 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 20.47 billion U.S. dollars).
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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 7.92 percent lower on Monday.
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index decreased by 458.57 points to 5,335.37. The all-share index went down by 221.85 points, or 6.35 percent, to 3,271.79.
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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Monday as the Bank of Japan's new easing measures aimed at stabilizing financial markets impacted by the spread of the coronavirus failed to impress some investors.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 429.01 points, or 2.46 percent, from Friday to close the day at 17,002.04.
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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended lower Monday.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) dived 56.58 points, or 3.19 percent, to settle at 1,714.86. Trading volume stood at 671 million shares worth 8.5 trillion won (6.9 billion U.S. dollars).
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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand stock market's indicator, the S&P/NZX 50 index, dropped sharply by 3.6 percent to 9,477 on Monday, to be driven continuously by uncertainties caused by COVID-19.
The drop was led by Marlin Global Limited, which went down by 54 percent to 0.023 NZ dollars (0.014 U.S. dollars), while Blis Technologies Limited jumped by 26.53 percent to 0.062 NZ dollars.
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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market slumped 9.7 percent on Monday, its biggest single day drop since the 1987 crash, with COVID-19 volatility once again throttling shares.
At the market close the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 537.30 points or 9.70 percent at 5002.00, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 532.50 or 9.52 percent at 5058.20. Enditem
