Stock markets worldwide are in free-fall mode past few days. Latin America emerging markets have a fallen heavily and so is the Asian markets. Brazil is down over 40% from its recent peak due to the crash in commodity prices. Asian markets like China, India, Vietnam,Singapore have been crushed as well. Shanghai is down over 50% year to date. The Olympics hype did not help the Chinese markets. India has been rolling over for a few months now after reaching the peak with no end in sight in the near term.

Many Chinese and Indian companies are listed as ADRs in the US markets. It helps to see how some of these Asian ADRs are performing in the current situation. The following table shows the most traded Asian ADRs on a daily basis and the year to date change:

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