Asian stocks dive after Iran fires missiles at US-led forces

Yen, gold and oil surge as investors fear tensions following Soleimani killing

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A man walks past an electric board showing Nikkei Stock Average in Tokyo on Jan. 8. © Kyodo

JADA NAGUMO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Major Asian stock indexes fell on Wednesday, after news reports of Iran's ballistic missile attacks against U.S.-led forces in Iraq in retaliation for the Jan. 3 killing of a top Iranian commander in an American drone strike.

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