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Today's stocks: Asia stocks mixed, Shanghai up on strong China factory data
Asian stocks were mixed on Monday, with Shanghai up 1% after a survey showed improvement in China's manufacturing sector. Sydney and Hong Kong were closed for the Easter Monday holiday. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index fell more than 1.2% to 39,883.96 after the Bank of Japan's quarterly business conditions survey showed sentiment at large manufacturers, including automotive and electronics giants, fell in March for the first time in a year.
MANGO (AP) - Asian stocks were mixed Monday, with Shanghai up 1% after a survey showed improvement in China's manufacturing sector.
Sydney and Hong Kong are closed for the Easter Monday holiday.
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index fell more than 1.2% to 39,883.96 after the Bank of Japan's quarterly business conditions survey showed sentiment among large manufacturers, including automotive and electronics giants, fell in March for the first time in a year.
The Shanghai Composite Heel Index rose 1% to 3,072.29.
China's official manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) was 50.8 in March, the strongest since March 2023, according to survey data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Sunday.
The Caixin/S&P Global China manufacturing purchasing managers' index was 51.1, the strongest since February 2023, and 50.9 in February.
"Chinese manufacturers increased production and also raised purchasing levels as optimism improved," the report said.
"A series of growth-stabilizing policies introduced earlier this year are gradually producing results," Wang Zhe, a senior economist at Caixin Insight Group, said in a statement.
He said China's target of economic growth of "around 5%" was "ambitious". He added that China needed to work hard to improve the efficiency and quality of its economic growth, given the pressures of employment constraints and low prices.
Elsewhere in Asia, Korea's Kospi rose 0.2% to 2,750.64, India's Sensex gained 0.7%, and the Mangu SET rose 0.1%.
U.S. and European markets were closed Friday. On Thursday, Wall Street hit back-to-back record highs for the month and the quarter. The S&P 500 Index rose 0.1%, matching the record high set the day before.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1% to 39,807.37, also a record high. The NASDAQ Composite Resonance Index fell 0.1% to 16,379.46.
In other trading, the dollar rose to 151.40 yen from 151.29 yen. The euro weakened, falling to $1.0784 from $1.0794.
Since late October, the US stock market has been almost unstoppable, with the Standard & Poor's 500 index having just completed five consecutive increases. Despite high interest rates aimed at controlling inflation, the U.S. economy is still very healthy, and as a result, the stock market has soared.
With inflation expected to cool from its peak, the Fed has signaled that it will cut interest rates several times later this year.
In other trading, U.S. benchmark crude oil rose 26 cents to $83.43 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Thursday, before the market closed for Good Friday and Easter, crude was up $1.82 a barrel.
International standard Brent crude oil rose 25 cents to $87.25 a barrel. On Thursday, it jumped $1.59 to $87.00 a barrel.
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