Asian shares move lower driven by Japan and China

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Source: Marketwatch
Asian stock markets declined on Friday on renewed worries about economic development. Property and financial companies pushed most of indices in red. Japan's Nikkei Stock Average and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 1.1% while Australian S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.1%. Shanghai Composite index declined 1.1% but South Korea's Kospi was the only major index that managed to climb 0.04%.   
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