Emerging market stocks lost 1.64%. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan closed 1.26% lower. In Asia, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.5% while South Korea’s Kospi fell 0.9%. Japan is closed for a public holiday. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index futures were down 0.36%.
– Stocks-Markets-Economic Times