• Asia Pacific stocks close:

Market news

15 February 2013

Asia Pacific stocks close:

Asian stocks fell, with Japan’s Topix Index snapping the longest weekly winning streak in 40 years, as the yen rose and profit reports from Trend Micro Inc. and Rio Tinto Group disappointed investors.

Nikkei 225 11,173.83 -133.45 -1.18%

Hang Seng 23,444.56 +31.31 +0.13%

S&P/ASX 200 5,033.92 -2.96 -0.06%

Shanghai Composite Closed

Rio Tinto declined 2.7 percent in Sydney after the miner reported its biggest loss in at least 15 years.

Trend Micro tumbled 6.1 percent after the Japanese anti-virus software maker’s net income fell 23 percent.

Auckland International Airport Ltd. slumped the most in four years after a New Zealand pension fund reduced its stake in the nation’s busiest terminal.


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