UPDATE 1-Prudential pressured by pandemic as Asian sales fall 24% <!-- no image --> <div>Prudential said on Thursday its first quarter sales in Asia fell 24% to $986 million due to the coronavirus pandemic, and warned of challenging times ahead, knocking its shares.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=oDTq8XXSOUM:5wM18ohCn6o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=oDTq8XXSOUM:5wM18ohCn6o:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=oDTq8XXSOUM:5wM18ohCn6o:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=oDTq8XXSOUM:5wM18ohCn6o:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=oDTq8XXSOUM:5wM18ohCn6o:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/oDTq8XXSOUM" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters