Asian Shares Lower on Mixed Chinese Trade Data

October 13, 2015 Share Print 0

Asian shares stepped back from two-month highs on Tuesday and commodity currencies retreated as a big fall in oil prices triggered profit-taking, though fading expectations of an imminent U.S. rate hike lent some support.

Trade data from China was mixed, with exports beating forecast and imports below expectations doing little to dispel concerns over a slowdown in China. Yet rising hopes of more stimulus from China underpinned markets.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan slipped 1.0 percent from their two-month high touched on Monday. Still, it was still up 7.7 percent so far this month. Japan’s Nikkei fell 0.9 percent.

Oil prices tumbled on Monday as traders took profits after last week’s surge to an 11-week high, and on a report that OPEC continued to boost crude production despite a persistent glut.

Via Reuters

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