Asia-Pacific stock markets fell generally, Vietnamese stock market fell 4%, Japanese stock market fell 2.6%, and South Korean stock market fell about 2%.
Nikkei 225 index fell 2.64% to close at 26,401.25 points. At the same time, the US dollar/Japanese yen once again rose above the 145 mark, and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio said in an interview with the media that he still supports the Bank of Japan's loose monetary policy over .
At the same time, Japan's deficit in August hit a record high, reaching 2490.6 billion yen, with an expected deficit of 2428.3 billion yen, and the previous value was 1212.2 billion yen.
In addition, chip stocks fell, rising (T:3436) fell 1.98%, Advantest (T:6857) fell 4.9%, and Tokyo Electronics (T:8035) fell 5.49%.
KOSPI index fell 1.83% to close at 2,192.07 points. The US dollar/Korea won recorded its biggest increase in two weeks, once more than 1%, rising for four consecutive days.
data shows that South Korea's exports in the first 10 days of October decreased by 20.2% year-on-year to US$11.797 billion. Among them, semiconductor exports decreased by 20.6% year-on-year, and the demand weakened due to the slowdown in global economic growth, which decreased for two consecutive months.
Korean chip stocks fell moderately, Samsung Electronics (KS:005930) fell 1.60%, and SK Hynix (KS:000660) fell 1.10%.
Australia S&P/ASX200 index fell 0.34%, closing at 6,645.00 points, with energy stocks leading the decline.
Southeast Asian and South Asian markets, before press time, the Vietnam VN30 index fell 4.62%, a new low since the beginning of 2021; the Vietnamese Ho Chi Minh Index fell 3.82%, a new low since the beginning of 2021. At the same time, USD/ Vietnamese Dong hit a record high.
In addition, Singapore Straits Times Index rose 0.04%; Indonesia Jakarta Comprehensive Index fell 0.19%; Thailand SET Index fell 0.22%; Philippines Comprehensive Stock Price Index
rose 0.24%; India Mumbai 30 Index fell 0.12%; Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Comprehensive Stock Price Index fell 1.48%, hitting a new low since May 2020.
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