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Asia trades mostly lower after Japanese data

28 March

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Major stock indexes in the Asia-Pacific region traded mostly lower on Friday as investors digested the data published by the Statistics Bureau of Japan, which showed that the country's inflation rate came in at 2.9%.

Japan's Nikkei 225 lost 2.13% at 3:17 am CET, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng and the Shenzhen Composite traded flat at 03:18 am CET and South Korea's Kospi fell 1.74% at 3:19 am CET. In mainland China, the Shanghai Composite decreased by 0.23% at 3:20 am CET. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 grew by 0.27% at 3:21 am CET.

The dollar traded 0.18% lower against the yen at 3:22 am CET, selling for 150.77150.

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