China HSBC flash PMI rises to 49.6 in June from May's final 49.2

Manufacturing in China showed some signs of improvement, with the HSBC flash PMI for June rising to 49.6, above expectations, but it still remained in contraction territory. China's Shanghai Composite held on to a 0.2 percent loss, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index stayed in neutral territory. In the first quarter, China's economic growth slowed to 7.0 percent,...