Asian equity markets all finished lower today with Japan recording its worst GDP numbers since 1974 not helping the situation any.
The weaker outlook for the Asian region weighed most on the Australian equities with the All Ords finishing down 35.4pts (3,461.30, -1.01%). The Hang Seng finished the day down 98.79 pts at 13,456 with the Nikkei ending the day -29.23 pts at 7,750, -0.38%. Not a bad result given the GDP data.