The Tokyo Stock Exchange closes up: +1,05%, as does the Hang Seng index of Hong Kong, which flies over +2%. Day then very positive and lively for the Eastern Stock Exchanges in general: the reason for such euphoria lies in the announcement that fourth quarter Chinese GDP confirmed the signs of a slowdown in the second largest economy on the planet.
Beijing grows by +8,9%, beyond expectations, but with the weakest figure for two and a half years, accompanied by the forecast by Ma Jiantang, spokesman for the local Istat, that the trend will last throughout 2012.
