Japan's Topix and Nikkei 225 both fell more than 6%.

PANews reported on August 5 that the market showed that the Japanese stock market continued to fall, with the Topix Index and Nikkei 225 Index both falling by more than 6%. The Topix Index in Japan triggered the circuit breaker mechanism. The decline of the South Korean KOSPI Index widened to more than 4%. In addition, the decline of US stock index futures widened, among which the decline of the Nasdaq 100 index futures widened to 2%.

Earlier, there were reports that the United States told the G7 that Iran might attack Israel within the next 24 hours.