Asia-Pacific stock markets have fallen for three consecutive days. South Korea's Composite Index plummeted 12% in one day, triggering a circuit breaker, and plummeted 20% in two days. The Nikkei fell below 54,000 points.

# Bao Yilong

Source: Wall Street CN

Asia-Pacific equities plunged sharply for a third consecutive day, driven by geopolitical panic and inflation fears. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 2%, while the Nikkei 225 dropped 3%. During trading, South Korea’s KOSPI and Kosdaq indices triggered a circuit breaker after slumping 8%, halting trading for 20 minutes. The sell-off resumed afterward, with losses widening to 12%—a cumulative plunge of 20% in two days, erasing all February gains. European stock futures and S&P 500 futures trimmed losses. Gold rose 0.7% to $5,125 per ounce, and WTI crude traded near $75.

Although U.S. stocks recovered some losses overnight following Trump’s reassuring remarks, geopolitical panic and inflation concerns continued to roil Asia-Pacific markets on Wednesday, sending regional equities tumbling for a third straight day. South Korea’s main index plummeted 12%, marking its worst single-day performance in decades.

On Wednesday, South Korea’s KOSPI and Kosdaq indices triggered a circuit breaker after falling 8%, pausing trading for 20 minutes. The decline persisted, with the KOSPI briefly falling as much as 12%—a 20% two-day drop that wiped out all gains from February.

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