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BackAsian stocks are not good! Japanese stocks plunged more than 800 points in early trading, and Korean stocks plunged
Asian stocks are not good! Japanese stocks plunged more than 800 points in early trading, and Korean stocks plunged
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Asian stocks are not good! Japanese stocks plunged more than 800 points in early trading, and Korean stocks plunged

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  • Wall Street stocks closed lower on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Index falling 0.66%, the Nasdaq falling 0.22%, the S&P 500 falling 0.22%, and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index falling 1.15%.
  • Asian stock markets were dragged down.
  • Taiwan stocks opened lower and fell by 23.31 points.

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Wall Street ended lower as rising U.S. Treasury yields stoked worries about inflation and rising debt.

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First published: 10/08 10:05

Update time:10/08 10:54

Wall Street stocks closed lower on Wednesday (7th), dragging down Asian stocks. (Ouxin file photo)

[Financial Channel/Comprehensive Report] Wall Street stocks closed lower on Wednesday (7th), which also dragged down Asian stocks. Taiwan stocks opened lower today, opening at 49783.06 points, a decrease of 23.31 points. Japanese stocks also opened at 69840.64 points, a decrease of 195.07 points, falling below the 70,000 point mark. At one time, they fell more than 800 points during the session, while Korean stocks turned red and black.

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The rise in U.S. Treasury bond yields triggered market concerns about inflation and increasing debt. The Dow Jones Index fell 341.41 points, or 0.66%, to close at 51,179.87 points; the Nasdaq Index fell 61.20 points, or 0.22%, to close at 27,538.69 points; the S&P 500 The index fell 17.16 points or 0.22% to close at 7801.77 points; the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 151.67 points or 1.15% to close at 13066.15 points.

For Japanese stocks, today's Nikkei Index opened at 69840.64 points, a drop of 195.07 points, and then the decline expanded. It once fell 840.24 points to 69195.47 points. At the end of the morning, the index fell 662.31 points, or 0.95%, to 69373.40 points.

As for the Korean stock market, the South Korea Composite Index opened at 6808.68 points today, an increase of 4.78 points from the previous trading day. At around 10:52 a.m. Taipei time, it fell 0.96% or 65.61 points to 6738.29 points.

Taiwan stocks opened lower today, opening at 49783.06 points, a drop of 23.31 points. The decline continued to expand, and once fell 616.6 points. At around 9:53 Taipei time, the index reported 49506.54 points, down 299.83 points or 0.60%.

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Open Questions

  • What are the specific reasons for the rise in U.S. Treasury yields?
  • Will this round of decline in Asian stocks continue into the weekend?
  • Does the semiconductor sector leading the decline reflect a weakening industrial cycle?

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