According to Reuters on February 22, the Nikkei index of Japan's stock market fell on Tuesday and closed lower for the fourth consecutive trading day. After the escalation of tensions in Ukraine, market sentiment further deteriorated. The Nikkei index fell 1.71% to 26449.61, but recovered part of its once high 2.5% decline. The East stock index fell 1.55% to 1881.08, the fourth consecutive trading day. It is reported that the Shanghai Composite Index of China's stock market closed down 1% on Tuesday, following the weakness of peripheral stock markets, the deterioration of the situation in Russia and Ukraine, curbing risk appetite, and the media and tourism sectors led the decline. The Shanghai Composite Index fell 1%, the Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 index fell 1.3%, and the Shenzhen GEM index fell 1.4%. In terms of peripheral markets, the MOEX index of Russian stock market continued to decline, the latest decline was 8.4%, and the RTS index fell 10%; Japan's stock market closed lower for the fourth consecutive trading day. It is reported that Taiwan's stock market closed down 1.38% on Tuesday. Analysts said that affected by the deterioration of tensions between Russia and Ukraine, Asian stocks generally fell, and Taiwan stocks also fell sharply, falling below the quarterly support. Taiwan's weighted stock index fell 1.38% to 17969.29. [source: reference information network]