Asian stocks ended lower on Monday as China published mixed data, adding to concerns about the economic recovery in the world's second-largest economy. Japanese markets were closed for Marine Day.
China's GDP logged annual growth of 6.3 percent in the second quarter, faster than the 4.5 percent expansion in the first quarter, data from the National Bureau of Statistics revealed. However, this was weaker than economists' forecast of 7.3 percent.
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