People crossing a street in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
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Stocks in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed on Thursday as investors digest economic data in the region.
The Hang Seng Index It led gains in the broader region, jumping more than 3% in early trade before paring gains to around 1.74%, boosted by technology stocks. Hang Seng Tech is up more than 4% early in the session and was last up 2.19%.
in Australia , S & P / ASX 200 0.55% gain and Cosby Added 1.52%. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 1.23%.
Japan Nikkei 225 It was 0.19% lower while Topix lost 0.49%. Mainland China Shanghai boat and the Shenzhen Component It was partially lower at the end of the morning session.
South Korea’s third-quarter gross domestic product grew 0.3% from the previous quarter, according to advance official data — the slowest growth since the third quarter of 2021. China’s industrial profits in the January-September period fell 2.3% from a year ago, according to the bureau. National Statistics reported.
On Thursday, the Bank of Japan begins its two-day monetary policy meeting. In corporate news, Samsung Electronics announced its third-quarter earnings after releasing estimates earlier this month.
Overnight on Wall Street, the Nasdaq fell 2.04% to close at 10,970.99. The S&P 500 fell 0.74% to 3,830.60. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.37 points, almost flat for the day and closed at 31,839.11.
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