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Asia Pacific markets fell across the board Friday as investors remained cautious due to the growing number of coronavirus cases around the world.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 2.26% in late-afternoon trade.

The heavily-weighted financials subindex declined 0.72% while the energy subindex fell 1.98%.

The Nikkei 225 in Japan dropped 1.06% to 22,290.81 while the Topix index fell 1.42% to 1,535.20.

“Coronavirus anxiety dominated market sentiment in a day where major economic releases were scarce,” Kishti Sen, an economist at ANZ Research, wrote in a morning note about the overnight session.