Asian stocks retreated on Thursday after Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, missed on Wall Street earnings estimates and offered a weaker-than-expected forecast. Chinese and Hong Kong markets remained closed for the Lunar New Year.
Shares of Meta dropped by more than 20 percent in after-hours trading on Wednesday, knocking almost US$200 billion off its valuation.
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