SINGAPORE — Stocks in Asia-Pacific slipped in Tuesday morning trade, as Hong Kong-listed shares of HSBC and Standard Chartered continued to see declines following a Monday drop.

South Korea’s Kospi led losses among the region’s major markets as it declined 1.4%,

In Hong Kong, HSBC saw its stock drop around 3% while Standard Chartered slipped more than 2%. The moves added to sharp declines seen Monday on the back of reports that they allegedly moved large sums of suspicious funds. Overall, the Hang Seng index in the city slipped 0.47%.

Meanwhile, logistics firm ZTO Express, the latest U.S.-listed Chinese company seeking to debut in the city, is guiding the pricing for its Hong Kong share offering at 210 Hong Kong dollars ($27.10) per share, according to Reuters.

Mainland Chinese stocks also saw losses, with the Shanghai composite down 0.94% while the Shenzhen component dipped 0.582%.

The S&P/ASX 200 in Australia slipped 0.81%.

Overall, the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index traded 0.51% lower.

Markets in Japan are closed on Tuesday for a holiday.

Investor reaction to the overnight drop in stocks stateside was watched. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 509.72 points, or 1.8%, to close at 27,147.70. The S&P 500 lost 1.2% to finish its trading day at 3,281.06. The Nasdaq Composite closed just 0.1% lower at 10,778.80. 

Monday’s declines on Wall Street marked the first time since February that the S&P 500 posted four straight daily losses. The Dow, meanwhile, had its worst day since Sept. 8.

“In grasping for the facts that fit the market figures, there seems little doubt that amongst them are the averse trends in covid-19 infection rates in several big European countries and too the United States — trends which have become more painfully evident since late last week — and the associated prospect of more draconian social distancing measures (whether self-imposed or mandated),” Ray Attrill, head of foreign exchange strategy at National Australia Bank, wrote in a note.

Attrill’s comments came as analysts warned that European countries are likely to impose more restrictions on public life in the coming days amid a rapid rise in the number of daily coronavirus infections.

The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was last at 93.626 after touching an earlier low of 93.523.

The Japanese yen traded at 104.51 per dollar after weakening from levels below 104.4 against the greenback yesterday. The Australian dollar was at $0.7207 following yesterday’s drop from levels above $0.73.

Oil prices edged higher in the morning of Asian trading hours, with international benchmark Brent crude futures up 0.65% to $41.71 per barrel. U.S. crude futures also gained more than 0.6% to $39.57 per barrel.