US figure lowered the Asian stock exchanges – Västerbotten Courier

Börsveckan in Asia began with declines in most places, after the unexpectedly weak jobs data from the US on Friday.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Nikkei 225 Index was at closing fallen 0.4 percent since the jobs figure – the weakest in nearly six years – received the Japanese yen to strengthen. Even the broader Topixindex had dropped 0.4 percent.

Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Index rose by just 0.1 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was at 8.15 Swedish time, dropped 0.2 percent. Shanghai’s composite index stood at minus 0.3 percent.

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