CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN ANCHOR: And let's see if the Nasdaq slide upset Asian markets today.</s>DAVID HAFFENREFFER, CNN ANCHOR: Dalton Tanonaka joins us now from Hong Kong with a look at all of Monday's action -- Dalton.</s>DALTON TANONAKA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, David and Christine. Yes, you're right, major Asian markets couldn't pull away from the Nasdaq slide -- began the trading week weaker, Tokyo's Nikkei tumbling 2 1/3 percent. NTT DoCoMo fell more than one percent, investors concerned there over the ability of the market to absorb the wireless giant's $7 billion share offering. The company also hit by a product recall, it'll replace 103,000 defective iMode mobile phones sold in December. Investors also backing out of Toyota Motor stock. It skidded 2 1/2 percent on allegations that Japan's biggest automaker is facing an investigation for insider trading. Toyota denies the Mianichi Shimbal report (ph). Hong Kong slumped 1 1/2 percent. And in Seoul, the blue chip KOSPI closed nearly five percent weaker, with the latest restructuring efforts by Daewoo Motor denting confidence there. Thirty-nine hundred workers are being told to take leaves of absences, the company also shutting down its main plant from February 12th until March 6th, to get inventory levels down. Unionized partial strikes will continue for another week. And that is the Asian Monday in business. David and Christine, back to you in New York.</s>ROMANS: OK, thanks, Dalton.
Asian Market Update: Indices Follow Nasdaq Slump