Asian stocks hit lowest level in three months

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Source: Bloomberg
MSCI Asia Pacific Index dropped by almost 1.5% at noon in Tokyo and signals possible close at lowest level since January 19. Nikkei 225 lost 1.7% of its value. Mitsubishi Motors, which got almost quarter of its revenues from Europe at the end of last year, dropped by 2.3%. Stocks of Cosco's ship building department plummeted after Singapore based company reported first quarter revenues below estimates. Panasonic stocks jumped 2.1% after Nikkei newspaper posted that Japanese manufacturers profits might excel beyond USD 600m boundary in this year.
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