TOKYO (AP) — Asian stock markets shrugged off China’s weakest economic growth in five years, finding a silver lining in the fact it didn’t slow as much as feared.
KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 was down 0.4 percent at 1,219.29 after soaring 4 percent Monday on expectations of government pension fund buying of shares. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 0.6 percent at 23,215.64 and China’s Shanghai Composite added 0.2 percent to 2,360.94. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.3 percent to 5,332.90 while Seoul’s Kospi dropped 0.6 percent to 1,919.33.
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