Asian shares flat, eyes on China data
Asian shares mostly steadied on Thursday as investors awaited a flurry of Chinese economic indicators later in the day. |||
Tokyo – Asian shares mostly steadied on Thursday as investors awaited a flurry of Chinese economic indicators later in the day, but energy stocks slumped after oil prices fell to four-year lows. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan ticked up 0.1 percent. Japan’s Nikkei added 0.2 percent after big gains in the previous two sessions on expectations that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will postpone a planned tax hike next year to support the economy. …read more
Source: Independent Online
