Shares retreated in Asia on Thursday as investors mulled figures showing China’s economy returned to growth in the last quarter.To get more shanghai breaking news, you can visit shine news official website.
The Shanghai Composite index SHCOMP, -1.51% led Thursday’s declines, dropping 4.5%. Benchmarks also fell in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney.
News that China’s economy grew 3.2% in annual terms in April-June, after a 6.8% contraction in the previous quarter, failed to keep an overnight rally going.
The expansion came as anti-virus lockdowns were lifted and factories and stores reopened. But it still was the weakest positive figure since China started reporting quarterly growth in the early 1990s.
Weak retail sales showed that boosting factory output is the easy part, said Stephen Innes of AxiCorp.
“No matter how much stimulus and fiscal sugar you try to entice consumers with, they will not leave their apartment and go on a spending spree until they feel confident the landscape is virus-free,” he said in a report.