Shanghai urban skyline and the bund, China.
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Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Monday as investors assessed China’s promises to support domestic businesses as well as developments in trade negotiations between the U.S. and countries in the region.
Over the weekend, China’s finance minister Lan Fo’an said that the Asian powerhouse will “adopt more proactive macroeconomic policies to promote the realization of the expected growth target for the whole year and continue to bring stability and momentum to the global economy,” according to a Google translation of a statement posted on the ministry’s website.
Mainland China’s CSI 300 index fell 0.14% to end the day at 3,781.61, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index closed flat at 21,973.24.
India’s benchmark Nifty 50 rose 1.23% while the broader BSE Sensex gained 1.31% as at 1.38 p.m. Indian Standard Time.
Over in Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.38% to…
