Asian stocks fell for the first time in four days
as data showed a Chinese factory gauge slipped to a five-month low and
energy shares retreated amid a drop in oil.
The MSCI Asia-Pacific Index slipped 0.3 percent to
141.67 as of 9:07 a.m. in Tokyo. The measure lost 0.4 percent last week
for a second weekly decline. The official China Purchasing Managers’
Index was 50 in July, compared with the median estimate of 50.1 in a
Bloomberg survey and down from June’s 50.2. Energy shares sank as crude
futures in New York slid as much as 1.6 percent after Iran claimed it
will be able to bolster production a week after sanctions are lifted.
Japan’s Topix index fell 0.1 percent. More than 70
companies in the nation’s benchmark gauge are scheduled to report
earnings today.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index added 0.1
percent. South Korea’s Kospi index fell 0.4 percent. New Zealand’s NZX
50 Index gains 0.5 percent. Markets in Hong Kong and China are yet to
open.
Futures on the FTSE A50 Index of China’s largest
companies advanced 0.4 percent in most recent trading. The Shanghai
Composite Index resumed a decline last week, tumbling 10 percent after
three weekly gains. Most of the loss came on July 27, when the Chinese
measure tumbled 8.5 percent for its largest daily slump since 2007.
Source : Bloomberg
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