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    Asian markets fall on weak US cues

    Asian markets saw selling pressure in early trade on Friday following weak US markets. At 8 hours IST, China's Shanghai Composite was trading at 2,849.22, down 23.18 points or 0.81%.

    May 06, 2011 / 09:40 IST

    Asian markets saw selling pressure in early trade on Friday following weak US markets. At 8 hours IST, China's Shanghai Composite was trading at 2,849.22, down 23.18 points or 0.81%.


    Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 133.16 points or 0.57% to 23,128.45 and Japanese Nikkei 225 Average was trading at 9,822.61, down 181.59 points or 1.82% (opened after big holiday).


    Straits Times was trading at 3,096.40, down 13.45 points or 0.43%. Seoul Composite fell 38.71 points or 1.78% to 2,141.93 and Taiwan Weighted was trading at 9,002.60, down 16.01 points or 0.18%.

    first published: May 6, 2011 08:10 am

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