Asian Pacific stock markets sank on Wednesday. The Shanghai Composite is down 0.01% at 3,242.96. Overall, the Singapore MSCI is down 1.07% at 285.30. Over in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index is down 1.56% at 18,839.00. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 is down 0.87% at 27,360.00, while the Topix index is down 0.65% at 1912.00. South Korea’s Kospi is down 1.55% at 2,372.62. Australia S&P/ASX 200 down 1.51% at 6723.10.