亞洲股市星期一下跌

Asian stock markets fell Monday, as investors continued selling on concerns about weak Chinese manufacturing data and the direction of the U.S. economy.

European stocks were mixed in afternoon trading and U.S. indexes edged higher as the week's trading opened in New York. U.S. markets fell sharply on Friday.

Japanese stocks led the losses across Asia on Monday, as the benchmark Nikkei 225 index and the Topix index both lost more than three percent. Indexes in South Korea and Australia also suffered significant losses.

The sell-off in Asia accelerated after an HSBC Chinese manufacturing index fell to 49.2 in May, the lowest mark in at least seven months.

Investors are also concerned over speculation the U.S. Federal Reserve may begin scaling back its massive bond buying program aimed at stimulating the U.S. economy, after a series of positive economic reports.亞洲股市星期一下跌， 投資者由於擔心中國製造業數據下跌和美國經濟走勢而拋售股票。

歐洲股市星期一下午漲跌互現。美國股指星期一開盤時在上星期五大跌之後略有上升。

星期一，日本等亞洲國家股市全面下跌，日經255指數和東證指數均下跌3%以上，韓國和澳大利亞股市也大幅回落。

之前恆生中國製造業指數5月份跌至49.2，是7個月以來的最低點。

投資者還擔心美國聯邦儲備銀行可能會因爲連續傳來的好的經濟報告而削減旨在刺激美國經濟增長的大規模購買債券計劃。