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Asian stocks close down

AFP, Hong Kong
Asian shares closed mostly down Tuesday after a slide in US stocks, with Japan tumbling over two percent as its central bank held interest rates steady and sounded a warning about economic growth.
The Tokyo bourse slipped 2.28 percent to a one-month low as the Bank of Japan painted a gloomy picture of Asia's largest economy, saying growth would remain sluggish as it held interest rates steady at 0.5 percent.
The Japanese economy shrank in tire second quarter, and there are fears Asian growth generally is set to slow sharply as a US-led world down turn bites.
The Australian stock market also suffered a sharp slide on TUesday, tumbling almost 2.4 percent. The country's central bank warned that an early cut in interest rates may be necessary to avoid a sharp economic slowdown.
Hong Kong fell more than two percent and South Korea and Singapore were down more than 1.5 percent. Taiwan also finished in the red, but mainland China bucked the trend to close one percent
higher.
Smaller markets also suffered, led by a fall of more than two percent in Indonesia. The Indian market fell back 0.7 percent.
The poor Asian perfor mance came after Wall Street stocks plunged Monday as fears about the health of mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac flared again, putting the global credit crunch back in the spotlight.
Asia is battling both slowing economic growth and high inflation, an environment that his dimmed the outlook for the region's ailing stock markets.
TOKYO: Japanese share prices fell 2.28 percent, closing at a one-month low after losses on Wall Street triggered by renewed worries about US financial turmoil, dealers said.
Investors showed little reac tion to a decision by the Bank of Japan to leave its key interest rate on hold at 0.5 percent.
MUMBAI: Indian shares closed 0.7 percent lower, dealers said.
The benchmark 30-share Sensex index fell 101.93 points to 14,543.73.
"Weakness is likely to persist due to US-linked financial concerns. There are fears that
oil could firm up again," said Bhaskar Kapadia, partner with brokerage Pyramid Securities.
HONG KONG: Hong Kong shares closed down 2.1 per cent, dealers said.
The I lang Seng index closed clown 446.3 points at 20,484.37, its lowest closing level since August 17, 2007, on volume of 48.47 billion Hong Kong dollars (6.21 billion US).
SHANGHAI: Chinese share prices closed up 1.06 percent, dealers said.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B shares, was up 24.60 points at 2,344.47 on a turnover of 27.7 billion yuan (4.0 billion dollars).
"(The) rebound was mainly triggered by gains in financial firms on China Merchants Bank's robust earnings," Chen Jinren at Huatai Securities told Dow Jones Newswires.
SINGAPORE: Singapore shares closed 1.75 percent lower, dealers said.
The blue-chip Straits Times Index (STI) closed 48.59 points lower at 2,728.39. Volume was 1.10 billion Singapore dollars (776 million US).