Asian Exchanges Started with Rising
Asian stocks rose for the first time in eight days after support signals came from central banks in Monday's transactions.
The gains on China's CSI 300 Index reached 3 percent. Stocks in Japan compensated for losses after Japan's Central Bank's efforts to stabilize markets.
According to the written statement made by the National Health Commission, 42 people died in the country in the last 24 hours due to the epidemic, and 202 new Covid-19 cases, 196 of which were in Hubei, were identified.
In this context, the number of people who have lost their lives due to the epidemic has increased to 2,914, two of them from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the number of Covid-19 cases to 80 thousand 26.
In China, Caixin's manufacturing PMI fell well below expectations in February, falling to its lowest level in history. The index, which was 51.1 in January, decreased to 40.3 in February.