--- title: "STOCKS | Middle East Crisis Concerns Hit Asian Shares; Hang Seng Down 0.6%" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/289306197.md" description: "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%." datetime: "2026-06-10T09:51:36.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/289306197.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289306197.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/289306197.md) --- # STOCKS | Middle East Crisis Concerns Hit Asian Shares; Hang Seng Down 0.6% 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%. ### Related Stocks - [9984.JP](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/9984.JP.md) - [00HSI.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/00HSI.HK.md) - [000001.CN](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/000001.CN.md) - [399001.CN](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/399001.CN.md) - [03115.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/03115.HK.md) - [02800.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/02800.HK.md) - [07200.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/07200.HK.md) - [07300.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/07300.HK.md) - [07500.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/07500.HK.md) - [SSNGY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SSNGY.US.md) - [SMSN.UK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SMSN.UK.md) ## Related News & Research - [SoftBank's attempt to get $6 billion OpenAI margin loan stalls, Bloomberg News reports](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289258767.md) - [SoftBank sells 3% stake in India's Lenskart](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288599745.md) - [SoftBank Calls AI 50x Bigger Than Dot-Com — Here’s Who Actually Profits](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288614975.md) - [SoftBank's PayPay Moves On 134.3 Billion Insurance Deal](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288750196.md) - [SoftBank sinks 10% as Asia tech stocks tumble, tracking Wall Street losses](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289281658.md)