Asian tech stocks also sank on Friday as the rollercoaster ride that has characterised the week continued into the weekend, while crude prices edged back down after a brief rally sparked by news of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

(Bloomberg) -- Global stocks fell, led by steep losses in South Korea, as investors pulled back from some of this year’s top-performing tech companies on concern they’ve rallied…

South Korean stocks tumbled nearly 10 percent Tuesday as foreign investors dumped major semiconductor shares and other market heavyweights amid profit-taking, t