Rising trade tensions have caused Asian stocks to continue falling. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 500 points on Monday and is down about 5 percent from its record high of 14,312.13 reached in late June. This came after a deepening US stock sell-off, following the announcement that the Trump administration was seeking more restrictions on Chinese investment in US tech companies.
Rising trade tensions have caused Asian stocks to continue falling. Asian markets were mostly in the red on 26 June, with a 1.8% drop in the Shanghai Composite and a 1.5% fall for Hong Kong's Hang Seng index. This came after a deepening US stock sell-off, following the announcement that the Trump administration was seeking more restrictions on Chinese investment in US tech companies.