Asian markets trade lower in Monday’s morning deals

03 Jun 2013 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity indices have made a choppy start to the new month with Japanese Nikkei leading the pack, declining over two and a half percent as capital spending by Japanese companies fell by 3.9 per cent followed an 8.7 per cent annual decline in the final quarter of last year, which was the first decline in five quarters. However, Chinese Shanghai Composite is trading in positive terrain despite HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index for May declining to 49.2, down from a preliminary reading of 49.6, and more than a point off from April’s 50.4, while government numbers released earlier pointed to a pick-up in activity. A result below 50 signals contraction.

Jakarta Composite declined 44.13 points or 0.87% to 5,024.49, Nikkei 225 tumbled 348.87 points or 2.53% to 13,425.67, Straits Times slipped 9.90 points or 0.30% to 3,301.47, KOSPI Composite decreased 4.74 points or 0.24% to 1,996.31 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 34.80 points or 0.42% to 8,220.00.

On the flip side, Shanghai Composite strengthened 6.39 points or 0.28% to 2,306.98, Hang Seng added 107.34 points or 0.48% to 22,499.50 and KLSE Composite was up by 2.52 points or 0.14% to 1,771.74.

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