Tokyo's main index falls below 23,000 and closes near the lows for the day

  • Session high 22,967.69
  • Session low 22,659.43

A torrid day for Asian stocks in general as the negative sentiment from Wall Street and European trading on Friday feeds into the new week.

Here's a summary of Asian equity indices for today:

  • Hang Seng -1.12%
  • Shanghai Composite +0.60%
  • CSI 300 -0.07%
  • Kospi -1.11%
  • Taiex -1.62%
  • Jakarta Comp -0.53%
  • STI -1.16%
  • ASX 200 -1.56% (closes at 6,026.20 - worst one-day loss since June 2017)