Asian Shares Follow Wall Street Lower As Risk Aversion Mounts

Asian stocks followed Wall Street lower on Monday as lingering trade tensions along with renewed uncertainty over U.S. monetary policy and ongoing heavy selling in the precious metals space spurred risk aversion. Investors also looked ahead to the release of key U.S. jobs data as well as central bank decisions in Australia, Europe and London for direction.Precious metals including gold and silver continued to plunge during Asian trading hours, with gold falling over 5 percent and silver declining nearly 8 ...