股票在内地和香港因美国通胀数据走高而下跌，这加强了美联储将加息的押注。
Stocks on the Chinese mainland and in Hong Kong slumped as a hot reading on US inflation boosted bets that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates.
沪深300指数下跌1.3%，芯片权重较大的科创50指数暴跌2.3%。
The CSI 300 Index slid 1.3 per cent and the chip-heavy Star Market 50 gauge tumbled 2.3 per cent.
截至当地时间上午9点39分，恒生指数下跌0.9%至24,094.03点，恒生科技指数下跌1.9%。
The Hang Seng Index fell 0.9 per cent to 24,094.03 as of 9.39am local time. The Hang Seng Tech Index dropped 1.9 per cent.
根据CME Group的数据，美联储在12月将基准借贷成本上调25个基点的概率已从一个月前的50%升至66%。
The probability that the Fed would boost the benchmark borrowing cost by 25 basis points in December had risen to 66 per cent from 50 per cent a month ago, according to the CME Group.
美国9月份消费者物价指数较去年同期上涨3.7%，增速快于市场预期的3.6%。较高的借贷成本通常会压低股票估值并挤压企业利润空间。
US consumer prices rose 3.7 per cent from a year ago in September, growing at a faster pace than the consensus estimate of a 3.6 per cent increase. Higher borrowing costs typically compress equity valuations and squeeze corporate margins.
其他主要亚洲市场也出现下跌。韩国综合指数暴跌逾7%，触发交易暂停，日本日经225指数下跌4.1%。
Other major Asian markets headed south as well. South Korea’s Kospi plunged more than 7 per cent, triggering a trading halt, and Japan’s Nikkei 225 slid 4.1 per cent.