Asian shares fall after Wall Street plunge

BEIJING (AP) — China’s stock market benchmark plunged 5.5 percent on Friday and other Asian markets were off sharply after the Dow Jones industrials on Wall Street plummeted more than 1,000 points, deepening a week-long sell-off.
Asian markets followed Wall Street down after the Dow entered “correction” territory for the first time in two years.
The Shanghai Composite Index dipped 5.5 percent but recovered slightly to end morning trading down 4.1 percent at 3,127.91. Toky