Stock markets across Asia fell Monday and Japanese bond yields slid further into negative territory, feeding into a global risk selloff that started late last week. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index was down 3.2% in late morning trading, while South Korea’s Kospi and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index were 1.7% lower. Market participants pointed to worrisome signs of a slowdown in global growth and a sharp drop in U.S. Treasury yields on Friday.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 25, 2019 03:45 UTC