Individual stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region developed. At the early close, New Zealand and Taiwan stocks rose 1.5% and 0.6%. The stock markets of Australia, Malaysia and India rose 0.2% and 0.6%. Prev repeatedly stabilized. The rest fell all downwards, especially South Korean stocks fell 2.4%, Nikkei closed down 1.6%, Indonesia gave back 1.1%, and star stocks fell 1.6%. Hong Kong stocks fell three times in a row, with heavyweights currency control (00005.HK), 01299.HK, Ping an (02318.HK), BABA (09988.HK), Meituan (03690.HK), Hong Kong Stock Exchange (00388.HK), Dragon Lake (00960.HK) and Rundi (01109.HK) down nearly 2 per cent and 5.5 per cent. In the afternoon, the decline widened to 676 points or 2.8 per cent, to an one-year low of 23175, closing at 23,475, down just 376 points or 1.6 per cent.

Us stock futures rose and then fell across the board, with the Dow rising and falling. The Dow is now trading at 34pm 664, giving back 413 points or 1.2%. S & P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures are up and down as 4667, 4582 and 16441, 16238, and now 4609 and 161,313, 0.9% and 0.5% respectively. The futures of the S & P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 are up and down, while those of the S & P 500 and Nasdaq are at 4667, 4582 and 16441, respectively.

Major European stock markets fell again early in the day, with FTSE 100 giving up nearly 1.1 per cent at 7034, Euronext 1.1 per cent at 462.05, Germany DAX 1.1 per cent at 15105, French CAC 1.3 per cent at 6,685, Italy FTSE MIB 1.3 per cent at 25703 and Spain IBEX 35 1.2 per cent at 8352.