(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Asian markets were almost low on Tuesday. In China markets have traded higher, shrugging off fresh government data showing exports fell by more than expected in February.
The Shanghai Composite closed the day 0.1% up at 2,901.39, after earlier falling 1.6% in reaction to the data. In afternoon trade, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was trading lower, down 0.6% at 20,031.84.
Japan's Nikkei 225 ended Tuesday down 0.8% to 16,783.15, marking its lowest close since the beginning of the month. In South Korea, the Kospi index finished down 0.6% to 1,946.09 points. In Australia, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 closed 34.8 points down at 5,108.
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