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• Yuan closes down, first time in negative territory in 2013

  SHANGHAI, Feb 4- The yuan closed at its weakest level in more than five weeks on Monday, giving up all its gains year-to-date, as Asian currency markets continued to digest the effects of widespread monetary easing.

• Hong Kong shares end lower, China hits multi-month highs

  *China insurers slide after HSBC's Ping An stake sale approval. HONG KONG, Feb 4- Hong Kong shares reversed early gains to end lower in choppy Monday trade, as investors took profit on the Chinese insurance sector after mainland regulators approved HSBC's sale of its remaining stake in Ping An Insurance.

• Hong Kong shares close down 0.2 pct, Chinese insurers drag

  HONG KONG, Feb 4- Hong Kong shares reversed early gains on Monday, as investors took profit on Chinese insurers after mainland regulators approved HSBC's sale of its remaining stake in Ping An Insurance. *Ping An Insurance dropped 2.8 percent to HK $68.90 in an intra-day reversal, but stayed above the HK $59 per share level that HSBC had priced its stake sale.

• China shares end up supported by coal miners

  HONG KONG, Feb 4- China shares climbed to a successive multi-month high on Monday, helped by strength in coal-related counters as investors welcomed local media reports of a new policy aimed at more sustainable mining practices.

• UPDATE 1-Japan carmakers Jan China sales jump after weak year-ago sales

  *Nissan sales up 22.2 pct, Honda up 22 pct. Feb 4- Nissan Motor Co Ltd and other Japanese carmakers saw their China car sales improve in January but figures were skewed due to weak holiday-hit sales a year earlier and questions still hang over progress made since anti- Japan protests last year.

• Yuan softens slightly on yen recovery, volumes moderate

  SHANGHAI, Feb 4- The yuan traded at its weakest level in four weeks on Monday after the central bank lowered its guidance midpoint rate following an overnight rise in the dollar.

• China's PMI Numbers Indicate Recovery 

  

  Phillip Chan, Director at Shenyin Wanguo Securities says the recovery in China is heading in the right direction.

• Hong Kong shares hover near 21-month high, China climbs

  HONG KONG, Feb 4- Hong Kong shares rose on Monday to linger near 21- month highs, as investors gave further chase to the rally in the Chinese banking sector at the start of the last full week of trading before the Lunar New Year holiday. The China Enterprises Index of the top Chinese listings in Hong Kong rose 0.2 percent.

• UPDATE 1-China data signals capital outflows in 2012

  BEIJING, Feb 1- China posted a $117.3 billion deficit in its capital and financial account in 2012, preliminary data from the country's foreign exchange regulator showed on Friday, signalling capital outflows amid turbulence in the global economy and financial markets.

• Yuan closes near 4-week low; China c.bank reacts to Asian currency war

  SHANGHAI, Feb 1- China's yuan closed near a four-week low on Friday after the central bank appeared to intervene to weaken the currency in response to declines in the yen and other Asian currencies.

• China shares post best week since October 2011, outshine Hong Kong

  *China brokers, insurers lead afternoon A-share climb. *China property weak on fears of more curbs. HONG KONG, Feb 1- China shares closed out their best week in 15 months, helped by an afternoon surge on Friday that also lifted the Hong Kong market from earlier losses rooted in news an official survey of manufacturing activity in China lagged expectations.

• Hong Kong shares close flat, but eke out weekly gain

  HONG KONG, Feb 1- Hong Kong shares eked out a gain for the week after an afternoon surge in the mainland Chinese market helped pare Friday losses rooted in how an official survey of manufacturing activity in China lagged expectations.

• METALS-LME copper gains as global recovery outweighs China data

  *China's official PMI eases to 50.4 in January. SINGAPORE, Feb 1- London copper rose on Friday but stayed off four-month highs struck in the previous session as growing confidence about a global economic recovery overcame a tepid expansion in China's factory sector in January.

• China home price inflation quickens in Jan - survey

  BEIJING, Feb 1- Average home prices in China's 100 biggest cities rose 1 percent in January from December, quickening from the 0.2 percent pace in the previous month and marking the eighth consecutive monthly rise, a private survey showed on Friday.

• China shares close out best weekly gain since October 2011

  HONG KONG, Feb 1- China shares posted their best weekly gain in 15 months, helped by a jump on Friday as investors chased strength in the brokerage and insurance sectors, shrugging off weakness in material plays after an official manufacturing survey lagged expectations.

• Hong Kong shares slip further from 21-mth high, China mixed

  *China agricultural stocks lifted by policy signals. HONG KONG, Feb 1- Hong Kong shares extended a retreat from a 21- month high on Friday, dragged down by growth-sensitive stocks after an official survey of manufacturing activity in China disappointed expectations.

• UPDATE 1-China to postpone widening of property tax pilot programme - report

  SHANGHAI, Feb 1- China will postpone the expansion of a pilot programme to implement a property tax, the official China Securities Journal reported, citing anonymous official sources, who added that Beijing intends to keep a tight lid on the property market through other means in tier 1 cities.

• Yuan hits 4-week low, c.bank wary of Asian currency weakness

  *Stability expected through Lunar New Year. SHANGHAI, Feb 1- China's yuan touched a nearly four-week low on Friday as the central bank set another soft fixing Of its official midpoint in response to weakness in the yen and other Asian currencies.

• Hong Kong, China shares slide as official PMI underwhelms

  HONG KONG, Feb 1- Hong Kong and China shares slipped on Friday after official data for manufacturing activity in the world's second-largest economy came in below expectations for a nine-month high. The Hang Seng Index was down 0.4 percent at 23,633.8 Points at 0200 GMT, while the China Enterprises Index of the top Chinese listings in Hong Kong fell 0.7 percent.

• METALS-LME copper near 4-mth top after China factory data

  SINGAPORE, Feb 1- London copper rose on Friday to hold near four-month highs struck the session before after China's factory output grew in January, bolstering confidence in a global economic recovery. *The most-traded May copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange edged down 0.13 percent to 59,480 yuan a tonne.