A Malaysian man watches trading boards at a private stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. (AP photo)Southeast Asian shares shed most of January's gains and ended lower for a second straight session on Tuesday as an overnight plunge on Wall Street triggered a rout in equities worldwide. Asian shares ended lower, with the MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan sliding 3.5%. The Stock Exchange of Thailand fell 1.2%, or 21.89 points, to 1,788.43 in trade worth 124.5 billion baht. Indonesian shares ended 1.7% lower after shedding as much as 2.5%.

Source: Bangkok Post February 06, 2018 12:11 UTC