Global Market Watch | China stocks dip to six-week low as Middle East conflict escalates

** The blue-chip CSI300 index also dipped 1%. ** Risk sentiment took a beating globally after Tehran fired missiles at oil and gas targets throughout the Gulf, sending ** Around the region, MSCI's Asia ex-Japan stock index was weaker by 2.1%. ** "Stock market volatility will ⁠stay elevated ‌for now and there's little visibility about how the conflicts will unfold. Both have dampened investors' willingness to ⁠deploy capital and kept them on the sidelines," said Cusson Leung, chief investment officer at KG ...