Asian stocks swung between gains and losses as Japanese shares rallied on a weaker yen, China’s manufacturing beat estimates and North Korea threatened a nuclear test. Apple Inc. suppliers fell after the company reported its weakest sales since 2009.
Nikkei 225 10,620.87 +133.88 +1.28%
Hang Seng 23,598.9 -36.20 -0.15%
S&P/ASX 200 4,810.22 +22.40 +0.47%
Shanghai Composite 2,302.6 -18.31 -0.79%
Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s biggest automaker, rose 2.2 percent in Tokyo.
AAC Technologies Holdings Inc., which makes speakers for Apple, dropped 6 percent in Hong Kong.
Tata Motors Ltd. retreated 7.8 percent in Mumbai after the Indian automaker’s Jaguar Land Rover Plc unit said profit growth probably stalled in the fiscal third quarter.