Asia-Pacific stock markets passed the fall of the fall by the sweeping duties imposed yesterday by US President Donald Trump on all US trade partners, large and small, allies and “enemies”, intensifying them.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange started with a 1.9%drop, which then intensified, with the index Nikkei Sinking at 3.7%at this time, while the wider Topix index declines 2.7%.

On its stock market South Korea the index Kospi It opened with a 1.5%drop, expanding its losses subsequently, resulting in 1.8%falling, while the Kosdaq’s low capitalization index fell 0.88%, losing the profits it recorded after the country’s constitutional court ruling for the final dismissal of President Yun.

To Australiathe index S&P/ASX 200 sloping 2.30% lower.

It is recalled that yesterday, Wall Street’s main indicators were downed, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq even recording their largest daily decline since June and March 2020, respectively.

In particular, the industrial index Dow Jones It crashed by 1,680 points or almost 4% lower and finished the meeting at 40,545 points while the wider S&P 500 It sank by 4.84%, at 5,396 points, exhausting capitalization of 2 trillion. dollars, with the index even entering the correction area.

The strongest blow was accepted by the techno -barbaric index Nasdaqwhich scored almost 6% and closed at 16,550 points, drifting away from the strong “dip” of large technological giants. Indicatively, it is noted that Apple’s title recorded more than 9%losses, Nvidia’s stock lost almost 8%, while Tesla’s title closed 5.5%. Nike also recorded strong losses by 14.4% and GAP by 20.4%.

In the deep red closed and the pointer of small capitalization Russell 2000which completed the day 6.55% lower to 1,911 points, expanding its losses from historic 2021 to 20%, entering a bar market.