Almost all the Asian equity indices, barring KLSE Composite, are trading in the red as investors booked profit from recent rallies in Monday’s morning session, as weaker-than-expected US and Chinese data raised concerns about the global economic outlook. Chinese economic recovery unexpectedly staggered in Q4 FY13 as the annual rate of growth eased back to 7.7 percent from the 7.9 percent pace set in the fourth quarter of previous year. Meanwhile, Chinese industrial value-added output growth eased to 9.5 percent year on year in the first quarter, down 2.1 percentage points from the same period last year.
Shanghai Composite declined by 20.32 points or 0.92% to 2,186.46, Hang Seng tumbled by 336.00 points or 1.52% to 21,753.05, Jakarta Composite dropped 32.73 points or 0.66% to 4,904.48, Nikkei 225 slumped by 202.66 points or 1.50% to 13,282.48, Straits Times slipped 10.03 by points or 0.30% to 3,284.16, KOSPI Composite dipped 11.66 points or 0.61% to 1,912.57 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 61.07 points or 0.78% to 7,760.56.
On the flip side, KLSE Composite was up by 1.34 points or 0.08% to 1,699.87.
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