Title: Stock Markets in Asia Drop Sharply

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/418/china_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Stock Markets in Asia Drop Sharply' data-article-id='760'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='4667'>Asian stock markets closed down sharply Monday. </span> <span data-start-time='4667' data-end-time='13396'>The drop in Asia continued a slide on international financial markets that started last week.</span> <span data-start-time='13396' data-end-time='24500'>The falling value of stock shares is linked to fears that China’s economy is slowing more than had been expected.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='24500' data-end-time='33042'>Monday, the leading measure of Chinese stocks was down almost 8.5 percent. </span> <span data-start-time='33042' data-end-time='41313'>Traders were watching to see what steps the Chinese government might take to help the economy.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='41313' data-end-time='48042'>In Japan, the Nikkei index lost 4.6 percent of its value.</span> <span data-start-time='48042' data-end-time='54375'>The Japanese stock market closed at its lowest level in six months. </span> <span data-start-time='54375' data-end-time='60625'>Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 4.9 percent. </span> </p><p><span data-start-time='60625' data-end-time='65208'>World oil prices also fell Monday. </span> <span data-start-time='65208' data-end-time='73125'>Oil prices recently dropped below $40 a barrel for the first time in several years.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' 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Asian stock markets closed down sharply Monday. The drop in Asia continued a slide on international financial markets that started last week. The falling value of stock shares is linked to fears that China’s economy is slowing more than had been expected.

Monday, the leading measure of Chinese stocks was down almost 8.5 percent. Traders were watching to see what steps the Chinese government might take to help the economy.

In Japan, the Nikkei index lost 4.6 percent of its value. The Japanese stock market closed at its lowest level in six months. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 4.9 percent.

World oil prices also fell Monday. Oil prices recently dropped below $40 a barrel for the first time in several years.

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