HONG KONG: The volatility that has characterized the start of the year extended another session on Friday, with beleaguered Asian markets mostly falling with investors rushing to the sidelines after some early promise.

The day started well following a surge on Wall Street but momentum faded in the afternoon as the common themes of falling oil prices and China’s struggling economy—which have wiped trillions of world markets so far in 2016—resurfaced.

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