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Asia lower after Japan's job data

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Major stock indexes in the Asia-Pacific region traded lower on Tuesday after data showed that Japan's unemployment rate landed at 2.5% in June.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.76% at 4:19 am CET. South Korea's Kospi Composite was down by 1.02% a minute later. Hong Kong's Hang Seng reduced by 1.21% at 4:22 am CET, while, on the Chinese mainland, the Shanghai Composite and the Shenzhen Composite decreased by 0.79% and 0.72%, respectively and Japan's Nikkei 225 was down 0.87% at 4:24 am CET.

The dollar traded flat against the yen, going for ¥154.0765 at 4:24 am CET.

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