* Asian stock markets : tmsnrt.rs/2zpUAr4 * S&P 500 futures off 5%, hit limit down * Asian shares under water, oil falls again * US 10-year bond yield drops to 0.80% * More countries shut businesses, tell people to stay home By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, March 23 (Reuters) – Asian shares slid on Monday as more countries all but shut down in the fight against the coronavirus, threatening to overwhelm policymakers’ frantic efforts to cushion what is clear to be a deep global recession. In a taste of the pain to come, E-Mini futures for the S&P 500 dived 5% at the open to be limit down. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan lost 2%, with South Korea badly hit. Japan’s Nikkei added 0.8%, perhaps aided by expectations of more asset buying by the Bank of Japan, but the commodity-heavy Australian market shed 5%. Oil was not far behind as mass bans on travel worldwide crushed demand for fuel. Airlines cancelled more flights as Australia and New Zealand advised against non-essential domestic travel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) halted flights for two weeks and Singapore and Taiwan banned foreign transit passengers. Brent crude futures slid $1.68 to $25.30… Read full this story
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