Australian stocks, which were flat in early trading, drifted higher after the Chinese data was released.
Stocks of Australian mining and metals companies, reliant on Chinese demand, extended early losses after the Chinese data.
The Chinese data prompted selling in industrial base metals, and this spilled over into the precious complex, Meger said.
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Besides the Chinese data, gold and other commodities also are drawing support from a softer U.S. dollar, said Bob Haberkorn, senior commodities broker with R.
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The Chinese economic data Thursday looks to be the most important data of the week for the market place.
As can be seen from the Chinese telecom data released each month, the carriers are now adding more 3G subscribers than 2G.
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As can be seen from the Chinese telecom data released each month, the carriers are now adding more number of 3G subscribers than 2G.
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Asian bourses climbed as investors digested the Chinese economic data.
Markets across Asia slumped on the disappointing Chinese data.
In Asia, stocks across the region climbed after Chinese data showed the economy expanded 7.9% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, fueling optimism that the worst may be over for the world's No. 2 economy.
Commerzbank analysts said copper struggled to gain on the recent positive Chinese economic data over into the new week of trading.
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Soon after markets reopened Monday morning in Asia, which is late Sunday in London, the selling resumed after the soft Chinese economic data.
In overnight trading, U.S. stocks rose in part of the strength of Chinese data on industrial production, which increased by 13.3% in May from a year earlier.
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The Indian firms see consulting work as a way to maintain their competitive edge in the face of wage inflation in India and the rise of Chinese data processing firms.
Numbers for March are seen as a true indicator for the sector, as the Chinese New Year holidays skew the data in January and February.
Fitch says the resulting growth of broad credit, which includes credit from shadow and offshore sources, was a factor in the recent improvement in Chinese data.
The weaker-than-expected Chinese GDP data also threw another scare into the commodity markets, which spilled over into the precious metals markets.
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The data pushed up Chinese, Hong Kong, and other Asian stocks and even helped U.S. equities.
The much-anticipated Chinese manufacturing data on Thursday came out better than expected.
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"The market was looking for an excuse to pull back, and they certainly got it with the Fed comments" and Chinese data, said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital.
It might be too early to call a serious slowdown in the Chinese recovery as the latest data may have been affected by the Lunar New Year, a period that is often associated with a sharp increase in the price of food and other goods, which occurred in January in 2012 and February in 2013.
Influences contributing to the decline include soft Chinese economic data overnight, worries that any selling of Cypriot gold to help fund a bailout will create a domino effect in which other debt-plagued European nations have to sell as well, plus a strong U.S. stock market so far this year that has taken away safe-haven demand for gold.
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The data represent the urban Chinese, having greater wealth and income than their rural counterparts.
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According to data released by the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics over the weekend, population of working age (15-59) was 937.27 million in 2012, a decrease of 3.45 million over the previous year.
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The U.S. Embassy in Beijing publishes AQI values for Beijing and other cities in China, and the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection provides its own air quality data for cities throughout the country.
Chinese activity data improved across the board in September, pointing to stabilizing growth in the second quarter of 2012.
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