Asian Stocks close: stocks closed mixed despite the better-than-expected Chinese preliminary HSBC manufacturing purchasing managers' index

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23 September 2014

Asian Stocks close: stocks closed mixed despite the better-than-expected Chinese preliminary HSBC manufacturing purchasing managers' index

Asian stock closed mixed despite the better-than-expected Chinese preliminary HSBC manufacturing purchasing managers' index. The HSBC manufacturing purchasing managers' index rose to 50.5 in September from 50.2 in August, beating expectations for a decline to 50.0

Markets in Japan were closed for a public holiday.

Indexes on the close:

Nikkei 225 closed

Hang Seng 23,837.07 -118.42 -0.49%

Shanghai Composite 2,309.72 +19.85 +0.87%

European stock markets mid session: stocks traded lower on weaker manufacturing and services purchasing managers’ index from the Eurozone

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