The Asian stock markets closed the trading day with declines.
Nikkei lost 1.5%, Hang Seng dropped by 2%.
PMI manufacturing in China rose to 50.1 points in September, compared with 50 in August and according to the analysts forecasts.
This is the third consecutive month that the index is at the level of 50 points or above threshold that separates expansion and contraction of production in factories.
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