Asian markets at the beginning of a new week were trading significantly lower due to weaker-than-expected data for China.
There the main markets due to the still worsening fears of the trade war, Shanghai Composite fell 0.44% and Shenzhen Composite 0.75%
In Hong Kong, Hang Send traded lower by about 1.4%
Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 1.86% and Topix by about 1.72%.
In South Korea, Kospi fell by 1%, and in Australia ASX200 lost 1.9% of its value.
At FX markets, the dollar fell to 96.41 after reaching its highest point last week from 97.20. During this time the euro rose against the US dollar by 0.52%. The Japanese yen was trading at about 113.8 lower, and the Australian dollar reached levels of $ 0.7216 after it also reached the highest point of $ 0.739 last week.
Source: CNBC
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