DEBORAH MARCHINI, CNN ANCHOR: Yesterday, of course, the Nasdaq took a severe tumble, that hurt stocks in Tokyo where uncertainty about the U.S. presidency has also played a role.</s>DAVID HAFFENREFFER, CNN ANCHOR: Our Dalton Tanonaka sums up the day in Asia from our studios in Hong Kong. Good morning, Dalton.</s>DALTON TANONAKA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, David. Good morning, Deborah. Asian investors are still dazed and skittish, heck, I'm still dazed over the uncertain U.S. presidential contest. But it was the Nasdaq's triple-digit loss that did the most damage to major markets in the region. Tokyo's Nikkei stumbling more than two percent with tech-heavyweights Sony and Fujitsu leading the fall. Hong Kong's Hang Seng tumbled nearly one percent, sentiment hurt by investment downgrades on telecom blue chips China Mobile and Hutchison Whampoa. In Australia the ASX-200 lost two-thirds of one percent, pulled down by a six percent loss in market heavyweight News Corp. Rupert Murdoch's media company posting a 9.6 percent fall in first-quarter earnings. News Corp. blames weak advertising revenue, pour ratings for the World Series and Olympics, and a late launch of the Fox television's fall season for the flat earnings. And that's a quick wrap up of the business and market day in Asia. David and Deborah, back to you in New York.</s>MARCHINI: All right, Dalton, thank you.
Uncertainty Over U.S. Presidential Race, Nasdaq Tumble Sends Asian Markets Lower