Asian Summary 10 October 2012

"Asian stocks decline overnight (MSCI Asia Pacific falling 0.8%) after Chinese growth and Europe's debt crisis hurt profits. Alcoa Inc said Chinese growth will cut global demand for Aluminium, while Japanese car sales in China slumped on a territorial dispute. A report later today may show that French and Italian industrial production fell in August. The Dow closed down 0.13% and the S&P off 0.21% after SA futures close."