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The euro zone purchasing managers’ index for May shows that businesses are still contracting. Meanwhile, the U.K. reported flat Q1 growth.

Factory activity fell to its lowest point in seven months, raising fresh concerns about the strength of the world’s second-largest economy.

The lender says the job reductions are part of efforts to restructure its retail division's head office and customer-facing positions remain.

HSBC will declare 14,000 layoffs through 2016 in an effort to save up to $3 billion.

Cliffs Natural, Nokia, HSBC, Youku Tudou, Rio Tinto, Barclays prevailed in the pre-market trading on Tuesday.

India's services sector recorded its slowest growth in 18 months following lower overseas demand for new services.

China manufacturing activity dropped to a two-month-low of 50.5 in April pulling back from a reading of 51.6 recorded in March.

China's annual consumer inflation eased markedly to 2.1 percent in March from February's 3.2 percent while producer price deflation deepened.

Corning, RF Micro Devices, AIXTRON SE, HSBC Holdings and Reed Elsevier prevailed in the pre-market trading Tuesday.

China's manufacturing sector saw improvement this month after a near-flat February, HSBC said.

HSBC paid CEO Stuart Gulliver $11.1 million last year, despite missing cost and profit targets and a record money laundering fine.

China's manufacturing activity expanded at a slower rate in February, data released Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed.

India’s manufacturing sector expanded at a higher-than-expected rate in February, backed by strong domestic orders, HSBC India Manufacturing PMI said.

China manufacturing activity dropped to a four-month low of 50.4 in February pulling back from a two-year-high of 52.3 recorded in January, a survey by HSBC-Markit showed Monday.

China’s trade surplus dropped in January compared with that in the previous month but was better than expected.

India's service sector continued to expand in January due to rapid and steady growth in new export orders.

China's service activity expanded in January at a faster pace than in December, according to the HSBC Services PMI.

Two monthly surveys point to increased industrial activity in the world's second-largest economy, though one failed to meet its forecast.

India’s manufacturing sector expanded at a slower rate to a three month low in January, as volume of new export orders eased from the previous month.

Growth in China's factory sector hit a two-year high in January, a preliminary private survey showed Thursday, as manufacturers received more orders.

Asian markets rose as investor sentiment was lifted after the Congress passed a bill intended to avert the fiscal cliff.