Asian stocks fell as risk aversion increased ahead of Nvidia earnings and delayed U.S. jobs report. Dollar strengthened amid uncertainty on interest rates. Oil prices dropped after Russian port loadings resumed. Gold fell 1% due to dollar strength and reduced U.S. rate cut expectations. Chinese and Hong Kong markets declined on diplomatic tensions. Japanese markets plummeted on China travel alert. Yen recovered slightly. Seoul stocks plunged on tech valuation concerns. Australian markets hit five-month low on RBA caution. U.S. stocks fell to one-month low with Dow down 1.2%, Nasdaq down 0.8%, and S&P 500 down 0.9%.

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