New Zealand's NZX 50 Index, Asia's first market open for trading, slumped 3.8 percent in Wellington. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index dropped 3.1 percent to 5,409.10 at 10:08 a.m. in Sydney.
Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average futures plunged 3.2 percent to 12,895 in late trading in Singapore...