SYDNEY—Shares of companies highly exposed to China’s economy tumbled across Asia on Jan. 28 on rising concern about the impact of global travel bans associated with a virus outbreak, and even as some stocks involved in preventative health spiked.
After the United States and Canada warned against travel to China, Australian stocks resumed trading sharply lower after a public holiday. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index fell 1.4 percent.
