Technology Stocks Suffered Considerable Losses

Technology stocks fell in Asia-Pacific on April 6, echoing losses seen among their peers on Wall Street following an overnight surge in the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield.

It was a really bad day for Chinese tech giants. On April 6, Chinese tech stocks plunged in Hong Kong. Alibaba dropped 5.36%, Meituan fell 3.65%, and Tencent declined 2.31%. The Hang Seng tech index dropped 3.82% to 4,587.73.

In Japan, the shares of Softbank Group declined 2.81%. In South Korea, Kakao’s shares dropped 2.3% and Naver declined 3.65% while SK Hynix dropped 3%. 

As can be seen from the information stated earlier technology stocks suffered serious losses. It is worth noting that, those losses in Asia came after the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite lagged overnight on Wall Street. The Nasdaq Composite declined 2.26% to 14,204.17. 

Stocks in Asia-Pacific

The broader Asia-Pacific markets also declined on April 6.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 1.87% to close at 22,080.52. The city’s chief secretary John Lee resigned on Wednesday. Two days earlier, Hong Kong’s current leader Carrie Lam made an interesting announcement. The city’s incumbent leader will not pursue a second term in office. Local media reports cited unnamed sources saying John Lee is set to join the chief executive race. 

Let’s have a look at mainland Chinese stocks. They closed mixed as they returned to trade following holidays earlier in the week. The Shanghai composite was slightly higher at 3,283.43. The Shenzhen component dropped 0.45% to finish its trading day at 12,172.91.

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.58% to close at 27,350.30. The Topix index dropped 1.34%  to 1,922.91. 

South Korea’s Kospi fell 0.88% to finish its trading day at 2,735.03. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.5% to close at 7,490.10.

U.S. stocks declined for a second day on April 6 and rates jumped to new heights as investors bet the central bank is about to aggressively tighten policy to fight inflation, and in turn, slow the economy.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 280 points or 0.8%. The S&P 500 fell 1.15%, and the Nasdaq Composite declined 2.5%.