Asia-Pacific stocks were varied Monday, May 29, with shares in Hong Kong declining for the fourth day and the Japanese market showing a third day of increases.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index HK:HSI fell 1.0% to 18,551.11, while the Nikkei 225 Index JP:NIK of Japanese companies added 1.0% to 31,233.54.
China's Shanghai Composite Index CN:SHCOMP added 0.3% to 3,221.45, while Singapore's FTSE Straits Times Index SG:STI fell 0.4% to 3,195.22. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Benchmark Index AU:XJO increased 0.9% to 7,217.40, while South Korea's Korea Exchange was closed.
Of the the Hang Seng Index constituents, online service providers company Netease HK:9999 saw the largest increase Monday, as shares added 7.2%.
Shares of clothing firm Shenzhou Intl Group HK:2313 and computers/consumer electronics company Lenovo Group HK:992 increased 4.4% and 3.9%, respectively.
Shares of e-commerce company Meituan HK:3690 saw the largest decline in Hong Kong, as shares declined 8.1% on Monday.
Shares of optical instruments firm Sunny Optical Technology HK:2382 and sporting goods stores company Li Ning HK:2331 declined 5.2% and 4.9%, respectively.
Of the Nikkei 225 Index constituents, mobile telecommunications company SoftBank Group JP:9984 saw the largest increase Monday, as shares rose 8.2%.
Shares of semiconductors firm Advantest Corp JP:6857 and diversified holding companies company Mitsui & Co. JP:8031 added 4.1% and 4.0%, respectively.
Also in Japan, paper mills company Nippon Paper Industries JP:3863 saw the largest decline Monday, as shares dropped 1.6%
Shares of securities/commodity exchange activities firm Japan Exchange Group JP:8697 and pharmaceuticals company Sumitomo Pharma JP:4506 dropped 1.6% and 1.5%, respectively.
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