Asia stocks weak after China data, but Japan rises

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Asia stocks weak after China data, but Japan rises

SYDNEY (MarketWatch) — Asian stock markets traded mostly lower Friday to start the new month on a broadly downbeat note, with a pair of lackluster manufacturing surveys from China doing little to help sentiment.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index HK:HSI -0.46% and the Shanghai Composite Index CN:000001 -1.15% each lost 0.5%, while New Zealand’s NZSX 50 retreated 0.1%, and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 index AU:XJO -0.35% lost 0.5%.
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