Chinese shares opening lower:
- Shanghai Composite -0.95%,
- Hong Kong's Hang Seng -0.97%
More broadly:
- South Korea halted KOSPI equity index futures trade after a 5% drop
- Korea Exchange activates sidecar on KOSDAQ after KOSDAQ 150 futures
- Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index has fallen more than 5% from its record high hit just yesterday
- Bitcoin is back below US$100,000
