IN ASIA
The Shanghai Composite Index opened at 3,196.54 points, down 5.60 points, or 0.17 percent.
The Shenzhen Component Index opened at 11,789.82 points, down 25.97 points, or 0.22 percent.
The Hang Seng Index opened at 19,761.72 points, down 192.67 points, or 0.97 percent.
The S&P/ASX 200 index opened at 6,849.00 points, down 137.80 points, or 1.97 percent.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average opened at 27,789.50 points, down 302.03 points, or 1.08 percent.
The Straits Times Index opened at 3,211.56 points, down 10.11 points, or 0.31 percent.
The Korea Composite Stock Price Index opened at 2,443.00 points, down 29.05 points, or 1.18 percent.
IN THE UNITED STATES
The S&P 500 Index closed at 3,955.00 points, down 31.16 points, or 0.78 percent.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 31,510.43 points, down 280.44 points, or 0.88 percent.
The Nasdaq Composite Index closed at 11,816.20 points, down 66.94 points, or 0.56 percent.
IN EUROPE
The DAX Index closed at 12,834.96 points, down 126.18 points, or 0.97 percent.
The FTSE 100 Index closed at 7,284.15 points, down 77.48 points, or 1.05 percent.
The Paris CAC 40 closed at 6,125.10 points, down 85.12 points, or 1.37 percent.
(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robot.)
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