Stocks in Asia were mixed overnight with the Nikkei (^N225) slumping 2.5% on the day in Japan, while the Hang Seng (^HSI) jumped 2.6% in Hong Kong.
The Shanghai Composite (000001.SS) was flat by the end of the session after data showed that China’s exports increased 8.6% last month, beating market expectations.
It came as the yen swung between losses and gains in volatile trading after Tokyo was believed to have intervened in propping up the…
