Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading lower in the early deals on Thursday following a burst of Chinese data which was largely weaker than markets expected, while the dollar held steady ahead of US inflation data due later in the day. China released fixed asset investment for August that came in up 7.8%, below the 8.2% gain expected on year, industrial production rose 6.0%, compared with a 6.6% increase seen on year, and retail sales increased 10.1%, compared with a 10.5% rise seen on year. Meanwhile, China stock slipped as soft August activity and spending data rekindled worries the world’s second largest economy may be starting to lose some steam as lending costs rise. Among the other Asian markets, Nikkei, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia are lower. Bucking the trend, Taiwan, Indonesia, and South Korea are higher.
Nikkei 225 declined 63.25 points or 0.32% to 19,802.57, Shanghai Composite dropped 5.59 points or 0.17% to 3,378.56, Hang Seng decreased 117.56 points or 0.42% to 27,776.52, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI slipped 1.24 points or 0.07% to 1,784.83, and Straits Times was down by 8.29 points or 0.26% to 3,222.07.
On the flip side, KOSPI Index added 1.58 points or 0.07% to 2,361.76, Jakarta Composite gained 3.65 points or 0.06% to 5,849.39, and Taiwan Weighted was up by 28.54 points or 0.27% to 10,561.42.
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