Asian stock
traded mixed trend after the World Bank cuts economic global forecast. The
World Bank lowered its global growth forecast to 2.8% from an earlier estimate
of 3.2% due to a weaker outlook for the U.S., Russia and China.
Japan's BSI
manufacturing index for the second quarter declined to -13.9 points from 12.7 in
the first quarter, missing expectations for a rise to 14.1.
Indexes on
the close:
Nikkei
225 15,069.48 +74.68 +0.50%
Hang
Seng 23,257.29 -58.45 -0.25%
Shanghai
Composite 2,054.95 +2.42 +0.12%