Asian stocks swung between gains and losses, with energy producers leading declines as the price of oil fell after the U.K parliament voted against military strikes on Syria. Japanese utilities rose.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 0.2% to 130.05 in Tokyo. The gauge is down 1% this week, a second week of losses, while it has dropped 1.7% this month.
Japan’s Topix index dropped 0.9% after data showed consumer prices rose at the fastest pace since 2008, the jobless rate fell and industrial production increased less than economists estimated.
South Korea’s Kospi Index added 1 percent. New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index gained 0.5 percent and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index advanced 0.8%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index slipped 0.% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.2%.
Taiwan’s Taiex Index increased 1.%, while Singapore’s Straits Times Index added 0.1%. India’s S&P BSE Sensex (SENSEX) advanced 1%.
Inpex Corp., Japan’s No. 1 energy explorer, dropped 2%.
Hokkaido Electric Power Co. added 3.5% in Tokyo as the utility forecast a smaller-than-expected net loss.
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China’s second-largest insurer, gained 1% in Hong Kong after saying first-half profit rose.
Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd., a shopping-mall operator, lost 1% in Hong Kong after reporting first-half profit fell 34%.
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