A currency trader walks by the screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, April 1, 2024. Asian shares were mixed Monday, with Shanghai gaining 1 percent after surveys showed improvements in manufacturing conditions in China. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
BANGKOK — Asian shares were mixed on Monday, with Shanghai gaining 1 percent after surveys showed improvements in manufacturing conditions in China.
Sydney and Hong Kong were closed for the Easter Monday holiday.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.4 percent to 39,803.09, after a Bank of Japan quarterly survey on business conditions showed sentiment among large manufacturers, which include auto and electronics giants, declined in March for the first time in a year.
The Shanghai Composite index gained 1 percent to 3,070.09.
China’s National Bureau of Statistics released…
