Mon, 05 Aug 2013 09:25:09 GMT
Japan shares fall amid higher Yen, China stocks jump amid services report
Asian shares mostly declined on Monday, failing to prolong their two-day jump from the last week despite the positive improvement on Wall Street. Only China's stocks advanced after the nation posted service sector PMI. Japanese benchmark Nikkei 225 retreated 1.44% to 14,258.04 and the Topix fell 0.89% to 1,185.53, while the Chinese Shanghai Composite rose 0.80% and reached 2,045.71.