Asian Shares Sink as Jitters Over Chinese Markets Prompt Heavy Selling

Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 16, 2024. Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo

BANGKOK—Shares fell Tuesday in Europe and Asia, with Hong Kong’s benchmark down more than 2 percent as jitters over China’s outlook cast a shadow over regional markets.

U.S. markets were closed Monday, leaving investors without cues from overnight trading. Early Tuesday, the future for the S&P 500 was 0.5 percent lower, and that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.5 percent.