CAPITAL STROKE UPDATE: ASIAN MARKETS 28-Apr-2015

Capital Stroke : Asian Markets Asian shares outside Japan declined early Tuesday, tracking Wall Street’s lackluster finish overnight, and as investors eyed a slew of corporate earnings due in the region. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 hurled itself back over the psychologically-important 20,000 mark early Monday, overlooking a larger-than-anticipated fall in retail sales, which slumped 9.7 percent on-year in March. This compared with a drop of 1.8 percent in the preceding month. Chinese stocks saw choppy trade at the open; the Shanghai Composite slipped 0.2 percent after rallying 3 percent to a seven-year peak on Monday, while the Hang Seng Index also reversed a higher open to drop by the same margin in early trade. The Hong Kong bourse had rose to its highest level since December 2007 in the previous session. South Korean shares held near neutral territory in early trade, losing early upward momentum as the tech sector traded mixed ahead of earnings releases. For more details visit: http://www.capitalstroke.com/ or contact on 0731-3299704