HA NOI (Biz Hub) — Asian shares fell on February 20. Japan's Nikkei 225 lost 317.35 points to end at 14,449.18 and the Topix Index also declined 23.96 points to close at 1,194.56 in Tokyo.
The Hang Seng Index declined 270.44 points to finish at 22,394.08 in Hong Kong, while the Shanghai Composite Index in mainland China closed down 3.77 points to finish at 2,138.78.
In South East Asia, the Straits Times Index declined 2.15 points to end at 3,087.68 in Singapore. The VN Index lost 7.08 points to close at 571.04 in HCM City and the HNX Index slipped 2.81 points to end at 79.51 in the capital city of Viet Nam. — VNS