<div id="readability-page-1">Asian stock markets retreated on Wednesday as concerns over the Middle East crisis unnerved investors. According to RTHK, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 0.6% to 24,407, with tech stocks leading the decline.  Shanghai closed almost 0.5% lower and Shenzhen fell 2%. In South Korea, Samsung dropped 6.1% and SK Hynix slid 7.5%, sending the Kospi down 4.5%, while Tokyo fell nearly 2% as SoftBank lost more than 8%.</div>

9984

<p>Asian stock markets retreated on Wednesday as concerns over the Middle East crisis unnerved investors. According to RTHK, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 0.6% to 24,407, with tech stocks leading the decline. Shanghai closed almost 0.5% lower and Shenzhen fell 2%. In South Korea, Samsung dropped 6.1% and SK Hynix slid 7.5%, sending the Kospi down 4.5%, while Tokyo fell nearly 2% as SoftBank lost more than 8%.</p>

CoinLive

SoftBank Group Corp.

Hang Seng Index

SSE Index

Shenzhen Index

ISHARESHSI

TRACKER FUND

FL2 CSOP HSI

FI CSOP HSI

FI2 CSOP HSI

Samsung Electronics 

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Sponsored GDR

STOCKS | Middle East Crisis Concerns Hit Asian Shares; Hang Seng Down 0.6%