The Asian stock indexes ended the month with moderate optimism, but generally do not think was particularly beneficial for market participants. Monthly regional index MSCI Asia Pacific reported a loss of nearly 10 per cent, which is the poor performance of October 2008 onwards. Following the retreat, which recall the presentation of the index during the period after the bankruptcy of investment bank Lehman Brothers, the average price / earnings of the companies in the index fell to 14.4. This is well below the level of 23 recorded in early 2010. Today, the index decreased by 0.1 per cent minimum to 113.33 points. The exchange in Tokyo the Nikkei 225 added 0.1 percent to 9 768.70 points, but this does not help for the removal of even part of the accumulated loss for May. In the month indicator erase some 12 percent of its value. China does Shanghai Composite slumped by 9.7 per cent for the month, continuing retreat of 7.7 per cent recorded in April. Just today, the index fell 2.4 percent to 2 592.15 points. During today’s trading session progressed Taiex in Taiwan with 1.08 per cent to 7 373.98 points. With so increase the index and the leading exchange in South Korea – KRX 100, which ended three months at 445.68 points.
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