Asian Stock Market: Mixed trading ahead of the key US PCE data

d gauge of inflation ahead of the highly anticipated Nonfarm Payrolls for August. At press time, China’s Shanghai is down 0.60% to 3,117, the Shenzhen Component Index falls 0.44% to 10,416, Hong Kong’s Hang Sang declines 2.02% to 18,401, South Korea’s Kospi is down 0.43% and Japan’s Nikkei is up 0.77%.

In China, manufacturing activity and the services sector deteriorated further this month, which is likely to put more pressure on authorities to move forward with stimulus measures to revive the economy. The National Bureau of Statistics showed on Thursday that the Chinese Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index improved to 49.7 in August from 49.3 in July, but below the market consensus of 49.4.

Earlier on Thursday, the People’s Bank of China announced that they will continue to increase loans to private enterprises as part of their efforts to stimulate the private sector economy. In Japan, Bank of Japan Board member Toyoaki Nakamura stated on Thursday that policymakers need more time to transition to monetary tightening. The data from the Japanese docket showed that Retail Sales rose by 6.8% YoY in July versus 5.6% prior, better than the expectation of 5.4%. While, Industrial Production dropped by 2.0% MoM in July from a rise of 2.4% in the previous month, compared to market consensus of a 1.4% drop.

On the Indian front, India’s annual Gross Domestic Product for the first quarter will be released later on Thursday. The growth number is expected to grow by 7.7% compared to the previous reading of 6.1%.

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