Asia Shares Shattered by Wall Street Tumble

Asia Shares Shattered by Wall Street Tumble
A man walks past a panel displaying the Hang Seng Index during morning trading in Hong Kong, on Oct. 11, 2018. Bobby Yip/Reuters
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SYDNEY—Asian share markets sank in a sea of red on Oct. 11 after Wall Street suffered its worst drubbing in eight months.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan shed 2.7 percent to its lowest in 18 months.