Asian shares skid as oil tops $111 a barrel and Wall Street slumps

Global oil and natural gas prices have soared after Iran attacked a key natural gas facility in Qatar that can supply one-fifth of the world's gas, and two oil refineries in KuwaitCurrency traders work near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon ...