Asian stocks fell in the first session of the week as tensions Libya intensified on fears supplies may get affected, fueling worries about a setback in the global economic recovery. The MSCI Asia Pacific fell today by 1.1% to 137.92 at 13:37 in Tokyo, as the yen rose bringing losses to the Japanese exporting companies. Nikkei 225 Nikkei 225 fell today by 1.76% or 188.64 points closing at 10505.02. From 225 shares, 12 advanced, 209 declined and 4 unchanged. Sectors leading the decline were the industrials that lost 54.56 points and consumer goods that lost 40.39 points. Lagging shares today Fast Retailing Co Ltd which fell by 3.21% closing at 12270 yen, second was Honda Motor Co Ltd which fell by 3.10% closing at 3435 yen. And Softbank Corp which fell by 1.74% closing at 3390 yen. Among the shares that Konami CORP topped the list by rising 0.83% closing at 1827 yen, followed by Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd which rose by 13.70% and closing at 83 yen. And Inpex Corp which rose by 1.55% and closing at 588000 yen. S&P/ASX 200 The S&P/ASX 200 fell today by 1.37% or 66.40 points closing at 4797.90. From 200 companies, 35 shares ended green compared to 161 ending in red and 4 unchanged. Sectors leading the decline were the financials that lost 23.26 points and basic materials that lost 22.09 points. Lagging shares today include Southesrn Cross Media Group Ltd that retreated 6.13% closing at 1.76 Australian dollars, trailed by carsales.com.au Ltd falling 4.58% closing at 5.00 dollars. And Lynas Corp Ltd that fell 4.55% closing at 2.10 Australian dollars. Cudeco Ltd inclined the most today as it rose 5.31% closing at 3.37 Australian dollars, followed by ST Barbara Ltd surging 4.69% closing at 2.23 Australian dollars, and Perseus Mining Ltd that surged by 4.33% closing at 3.13 Australian dollars. Hang Seng Hang Seng fell today by 0.41% or 95.67 points to close at 23313.19. From 45 companies, 8 rose today, while 35 fell, and 2 unchanged. Sectors leading the decline were the financials that lost 84.29 points and the technology that lost 17.45 points. Lagging shares today were HSBC Holdings PLC which fell 0.95% closing at 83.10 Hong Kong dollars, and Tencent Holdings PLC falling by 1.99% closing at 216.60 Hong Kong dollars. And Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd falling by 1.26% closing at 125.20 Hong Kong dollars. Among the shares that advanced CNOOC Ltd topped the list by rising 1.91% closing at 18.16 Hong Kong dollars, followed by China Shenhua Energy Ltd that rose by 3.19% and closing at 34.00 Hong Kong dollars. And China Coal Energy Co Ltd that rose by 1.94% and closing at 11.54 Hong Kong dollars.

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