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- A currency trader watches computer monitors near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), center left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, center right, at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 11, 2022. Shares fell Friday in Asia as uncertainty over the war in Ukraine and persistently high inflation keep their sway over markets. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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Asian shares sink as war, inflation hold sway on markets
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Thu,03/10/22-3:19AM , 451 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell Friday in Asia as uncertainty over the war in Ukraine and persistently high inflation keep their sway over markets.

Hong Kong fell 3.6% and Tokyo was 2.4% lower.

Investors are fretting over how the world economy may struggle with price pressures and slowing growth.
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- A currency trader walks near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 4, 2022. Shares were lower Friday in Asia after another bumpy day on Wall Street, as investors remain concerned about the broader impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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Asian shares slide as Russia shells Ukraine nuclear plant
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Wed,03/02/22-11:17PM , 237 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were lower Friday in Asia after another bumpy day on Wall Street, as investors remain concerned about the broader impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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- People walk past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. Asian shares were mostly lower Monday after a retreat on Wall Street, as investors watched for developments in Ukraine after Russia rescinded earlier pledges to pull tens of thousands of its troops away from Ukraine’s northern border. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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World shares drop after Putin orders troops to east Ukraine
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Sun,02/20/22-10:14PM , 270 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell sharply in Asia on Tuesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, suggesting a long-feared invasion was possibly underway.
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- American flags fly outside the New York Stock exchange, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, in the Financial District in New York. Stocks are off to a weak start on Wall Street, Thursday, Feb. 17, chipping away at the weekly gains for major indexes. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
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Asian shares slip as Ukraine tensions send US stocks lower
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Wed,02/16/22-11:47PM , 258 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks fell Friday in Asia after a retreat on Wall Street as escalating worries over the possibility Russia may invade Ukraine rattled global financial markets.

Benchmarks were moderately lower in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney, Seoul and Sydney.
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