{
  "id": 16150053,
  "title": "Asian Markets: Asian stock markets decline - tech sell-off and interest rate concerns weigh heavily",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/markte-asien-asiens-borsen-geben-nach-tech-ausverkauf-und-zinssorgen",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-23T03:51:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/maerkte/marktberichte/maerkte-asien-asiens-boersen-geben-nach-tech-ausverkauf-und-zinssorgen-belasten/100264400.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Asian stock markets fell on Friday due to a massive sell-off in US tech stocks and geopolitical tensions. In Tokyo, the Nikkei Index dropped 1.7% to 61,825 points, while the Topix index fell 1.8% to 3,925 points. China's Shanghai stock exchange lost 1.5% to 3,605 points, and the index of major companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen declined 0.8% to 4,003 points. Japan's core inflation rate rose to 2.1% in September, exceeding the Bank of Japan's target and increasing the likelihood of a rate hike.",
  "summary": "Asian investors are digesting disappointing inflation data from Japan. In China, the CSI300 is meanwhile slipping into a bear market.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}