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Enviado: 27/3/2007 11:17Enviado: 27/3/2007 11:12Enviado: 27/3/2007 8:38Enviado: 27/3/2007 7:48Asian Stocks Decline on U.S. New-Home Sales; Sony, Samsung Fall
By Stuart Kelly and George Hsu
March 27 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell for the first time in four days led by exporters after new-home sales in the U.S. unexpectedly dropped, adding to concern growth in the world's biggest economy is slowing.
Sony Corp., which made 70 percent of its sales overseas last year, and Samsung Electronics Co. led exporters lower. NTT DoCoMo Inc. paced a decline in Japan as the majority of the country's shares traded without a dividend entitlement today.
``The U.S. economy remains a concern to Asian suppliers,'' said Barro Liao, who helps manage $2.7 billion at PCA Securities Investment Trust Co. in Taipei. ``A faltering U.S. economy will not leave much room for growth in Asia.''
The Morgan Stanley Capital International Asia-Pacific Index slid 0.7 percent to 145.23 as of 3.33 p.m. in Tokyo. Woodside Petroleum Ltd. led an increase in energy stocks after crude oil yesterday rose 1 percent to $62.91 a barrel in New York. It was the only gainer among the benchmark's 10 industry groups.
Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell 0.9 percent while the broader Topix index lost 1 percent. Markets also dropped in Australia, Hong Kong, Thailand and Taiwan. China's Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 Index headed for its longest winning streak in three months. India is closed for a holiday.
Sony, the Japanese maker of the PSP portable game console and Cyber-shot digital cameras, fell 0.8 percent to 6,210 yen. Samsung Electronics, South Korea's largest exporter, slid 0.7 percent to 580,000 won.
`Troubled Sector'
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for the first time in six days while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose.
New-home sales in the U.S. dropped 3.9 percent to an annual pace of 848,000 in February. Economists had predicted they would rise to a 985,000 rate, according to a Bloomberg News survey. All 16 homebuilders in S&P's indexes retreated. Snowstorms in the Midwest and Northeast may have restrained home sales and construction, economists said.