• The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 572.46 points, or 2.34 percent, to 23,932.76, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 58.37 points, or 2.19 percent, to 2,604.47 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 161.44 points, or 2.28 percent, to 6,915.11.
U.S. stocks dropped about 2 percent on Friday, with the Dow falling more than 570 points, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat on Chinese imports fueled increasing concern over a U.S. trade war with China.
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• Stocks in Asia were mostly flat in early Monday trade, shrugging off steeper declines on Wall Street in the last session after a week largely dominated by U.S.-China trade developments.
The Nikkei 225 was mostly directionless, with the benchmark last lower by 0.03 percent. The broader Topix slipped 0.07 percent as the oil and coal subindex led declines in the early going.
• South Korea's Kospi reflected a similar picture, last trading higher by 0.04 percent. Gains in the technology sector, with Samsung Electronics climbing 0.79 percent, were offset by losses seen in other sectors, including steelmakers. Posco sank 1.88 percent.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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