China stocks rise after factory activity data; Japan business optimism falls slightly

China stocks rose Monday as investors assessed the country's business activity, while Japan stocks slipped as business optimism fell.

The country's manufacturing purchasing managers index climbed to 51.1, topping the 51.0 expected by economists and higher than the 50.8 announced in official data.— Lim Hui JieThe country's purchasing manager's index came in at 49.8, down from 50.7 in February. "The performance of the Japanese manufacturing sector remained downbeat at the end of the first quarter of 2023, though there were signs that the worst of the weakness had passed," the survey read.among large Japanese manufacturers fell in the first quarter, according to the Bank of Japan's Tankan survey, with the gauge at +11 compared with +12 in the last survey.

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