Update 1: Hong Kong Shares Close Lower
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Prices on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange closed lower for the fourth straight session on profit-taking Friday. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index fell 107.01 points, or 0.8 percent, to 13,901.81.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks closed lower in  thin trade  on Thursday after data gave a mixed picture of the  U.S. economy and steel shares fell as investors worried that  slowing demand from China could depress prices.
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Shares in Asia fell on Monday, with Japan down around 2.5 percent and Hong Kong down more than 3 percent, as concerns over the health of the U.S. economy returned.
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Indiaâs benchmark stock index dropped 4 percent in the first 10 minutes of trading and Hong Kongâs market slid 4.7 percent by midday.
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Leading shares closed weaker with Wall Street remaining lower on interest rate jitters and Enterprise Inns down in the blue chips ahead of the July 1 smoking ban.
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The Nikkei average fell 1.78 percent on   Monday to its lowest close in two weeks as surprisingly weak   machinery orders data spurred selling of machinery shares such   as Fanuc Ltd. 6954.T.
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Leading shares closed weaker but off lows today as Wall Street tested new highs close to the 14,000 level as some better than expected US earnings news offset a mixed US PPI report, with inflation concerns paramount in London after above-forecast CPI numbers.
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Leading shares closed weaker, albeit off session lows, as Wall Street remained weak amid continued investor concerns over fresh highs in crude oil prices, with construction materials firm RMC shining out from the gloom after agreeing to a 2 billion pound takeover, dealers said.
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Leading shares closed lower, around the worst levels of the day, as US indices traded mixed, a Next profit warning hit retailers and ex-dividend stocks weighed, dealers said.
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Leading shares ended lower as a weak early session on Wall Street added to sharp falls in heavyweight miners and oil stocks on the back of volatile energy prices.
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Leading shares closed weaker, off session lows as Wall Street rallied from early falls, with some disappointing earnings news weighing in London.
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The FTSE 100 closed lower, weighed down by a weak mining sector and disappointing trading news from Standard Chartered, although a positive morning by Wall Street helped British blue-chips finish above session lows, dealers said.
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London shares closed lower, depressed by a weak morning by Wall Street as concerns over high oil prices and a weaker dollar continued to weigh on sentiment on both sides of the Atlantic, dealers said.
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Shares in the bank, the second largest in China, fell 5.4 percent in Hong Kong a day after it reported holding almost $9.7 billion in securities backed by subprime mortgages.
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Hong Kong&#39;s leading stocks reversed course and were down 0.20 percent by midday as investors took profits ahead of a US interest rate announcement later in the week, when a rate rise is widely anticipated, analysts said.
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Leading shares closed weaker in dull trade, but finished off the morning low as Wall Street's early decline proved less than feared, dealers said.
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The FTSE 100 index closed lower again, weighed down by weakness across telecoms and media stocks, while early losses on Wall Street added to the market's woes in afternoon trade, dealers said.