Asia stock markets decline on European yields

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On Wednesday Asian equities experienced a drop and were trading with small volumes. Hang Seng Index fell 1.9%, Shanghai Composite traded down 1.7%, while Nikkei Stock Average lost 0.6%.  South Korea's Kospi declined 0.6% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gave up 0.4%. Ben Collett Louis Capital Markets' manager suggests, currently Asian long-term investors are risk averse pushing trading volumes down.

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Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:43:31 GMT

Bank of Japan downgrades its forecasts for economic growth

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