HONG KONG, April 15- Hong Kong shares unwinded most of last week's gains on Monday, after weaker-than-expected first quarter China GDP growth data accelerated a sell-off in cyclical sectors, compounding the gloom after several Chinese corporate profit warnings. The China Enterprises Index of the top Chinese listings in Hong Kong shed 2 percent.
NEW DELHI, April 15- India's headline inflation slowed to the lowest rate in more than three years in March, hardening expectations that the central bank will cut policy interest rates next month to help the economy recover from its slowest growth in a decade.
*China Q1 GDP unexpectedly slips to 7.7 pct yr/yr. *World Bank lowers China growth estimate for 2013. "The China data is going to have a major impact on an already weak commodity market," said Jonathan Barratt, chief executive of commodity research firm BarrattBulletin.
HONG KONG, April 15- China shares posted their worst daily percentage loss in more than two weeks on Monday, led by cyclical sectors as first quarter GDP data came in weaker than expected, adding to gloom after several Chinese corporate profit warnings.
LONDON, April 15- European shares fell on Monday, led lower by mining stocks after weaker-than-expected economic data from China- the world's top metals consumer- raised doubts over the pace of the global economic recovery.
LISBON, April 14- After a bungled bailout of Cyprus, the recession-stricken euro zone will stand out for the wrong reasons when finance ministers meet in Washington this week to run the rule over the global economy.
*China March industrial output +8.9 pct y/y vs 10.0 pct in Reuters poll. *China March retail sales +12.6 pct y/y vs 12.5 pct in Reuters poll. "This number may well explain why there was so much liquidity support in Q1," Tim Condon, head of Asian economic research at ING in Singapore, told Reuters.
*China property A-shares up, tightening worry eases after GDP. HONG KONG, April 15- Hong Kong and China shares extended losses on Monday after Beijing released first quarter GDP growth data that came in weaker than expected, adding to the gloom after several Chinese companies had warned of declining profits.
--Clyde Russell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.--. LAUNCESTON, Australia, April 15- If you were wondering how to reconcile China's muted commodity demand growth in the first quarter with reports of a stronger economy, you now have your answer: the economy didn't accelerate.
NEW YORK, April 15- The yen rose from recent multi-year lows against the dollar and euro on Monday as renewed worries about the global economy spurred traders to sell riskier investments funded by the cheap Japanese currency.
*Shanghai zinc at lowest since Dec 2008. China's economic recovery unexpectedly stumbled in the first three months of 2013 as the annual rate of growth eased back to 7.7 percent from the 7.9 percent pace set in the final quarter of last year, official data showed on Monday. Shanghai copper slid 3 percent to 54,180 yuan a tonne, a 10- month trough.
SINGAPORE, April 15- U.S. crude futures fell more than $2 on Monday, hitting a more than three-month low, after Chinese and U.S. data stoked investors' concerns of a slowdown in economic growth in the world's top oil consumers.
*China Q1 GDP unexpectedly slips to 7.7 pct yr/yr. *World Bank lowers China, East Asia growth estimate for 2013. SINGAPORE, April 15- Brent and U.S. crude futures fell more than $1 on Monday, with the former slipping towards $101 a barrel, after Chinese and U.S. data stoked investors' concerns of a slowdown in economic growth in the world's top oil consumers.
BEIJING, April 15- China's economic recovery unexpectedly stumbled in the first three months of 2013 as the annual rate of growth eased back to 7.7 percent from the 7.9 percent pace set in the final quarter of last year, official data showed on Monday.
BEIJING, April 15- China's economic recovery unexpectedly stumbled in the first three months of 2013 as the annual rate of growth eased back to 7.7 percent from the 7.9 percent pace set in the final quarter of last year, official data showed on Monday.
BEIJING, April 15- China's economic recovery unexpectedly stumbled in the first three months of 2013 as the annual rate of growth eased back to 7.7 percent from the 7.9 percent pace set in the final quarter of last year, official data showed on Monday.
SINGAPORE, April 15- LME copper fell to its lowest since early August on Monday after worse-than-expected Chinese economic data compounded worries about a global slowdown following weak U.S. retail sales last week. LME copper fell to $7,323 a tonne, its lowest in eight months.
SINGAPORE, April 15- U.S. and Brent crude futures fell more than $1 on Monday after weak U.S. and Chinese data stoked investor concerns of a slowdown in economic growth in the world's top oil consumers.
BEIJING, April 15- China's economic recovery unexpectedly stumbled in the first three months of 2013 as the annual rate of growth eased back to 7.7 percent from the 7.9 percent pace set in the final quarter of last year, official data showed on Monday.
HONG KONG, April 15- Hong Kong shares could post a softer start on Monday after weak U.S. data last Friday and ahead of China's first quarter GDP data due shortly after market open. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan's Nikkei was down 0.8 percent, while South Korea's KOSPI was down 0.6 percent at 0058 GMT.