Asian stocks dumped as global market sell-off deepens

Japan's Nikkei off 10% at one point as coronavirus continues to fuel regional fears

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The Tokyo Stock Exchange continued its descent on Friday morning, dropping to its lowest in intraday trading since November 2016. (Photo by Kento Awashima) 

JADA NAGUMO and NARAYANAN SOMASUNDARAM, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/HONG KONG -- Asian markets slipped further on Friday, bringing more losses for investors across most of the region as governments and central banks scrambled to respond in the wake of Wall Street's biggest plunge in more than 30 years.

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